
DWIGHT L. MOODY. 




IRA D. SANKET. 



THE WOEK OF GOD 



IN 



GREAT BRITAi:Nr: 

UNDER 

MESSRS. MOODY AND SANKEY, 

1873 TO 1875. 

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 



By RUFUS W. CLARK, D.D. 



Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Zeoo. iv., 6. 




I^EW YORK: 

HARPER & BROTHEJIS, PUBLISHERS, 

F R A X K L I N S Q U A 11 E. 
18 75. 








Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1 875, by 

Harper & Brothers, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGB 

Introduction 11 

I. Biographical Sketch of Mr. Moody 15 

II. Biographical Sketch of Mr, Sankey 45 

III. The Light Kindled 54 



The Work in Scotland. 

I. Edinburgh 65 

II. Dundee 105 

III. Glasgow 113 

IV. Paisley 157 

V. Greenock 161 

VI. Return to Edinburgh 164 

VII. Aberdeen and Forfarshire 176 

VIII. Tain^ Huntly^ Nairn., a7id Elgin 183 

IX. Closing Meetings in Scotland 195 



The Work in Ireland. 

I. Belfast 201 

II. Londonderry 216 

III. Dublin 219 



CONTENTS. 



The Work in England. 



FA6B 



I. Manchester 234 

II. Sheffield 2V3 

III. Birmingham 292 

IV. Liverpool 325 

V. London 342 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



DwiGHT L. Moody ) 

r Frontispieces. 

Ira D. Sanket ) 

The Noeth Side Tabernacle Page 23 



THE WORK OF GOD 

IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



INTRODUCTION. 

Of the one thousand millions of the human family, 
no one, during the past two years, has been the means 
of leading so many souls to the' Lord Jesus Christ as 
Dwight L. Moody. No revival in modern times has 
been marked with such immediate and varied results as 
that which has attended the progress of Messrs. Moody 
and Sankey, through the British Isles. Throughout 
Christendom the work has been viewed with wonder, in 
its extent, its marvelous details, and in the fruits that 
have been gathered in, from all classes in society. The 
rich and the poor, the learned and the ignorant, students 
and peasants, men, women, and children, have been seen 
flocking into the kingdom of God. Conversions have 
been estimated at tens of thousands in single cities. 
Audiences have overflowed the largest churches and 
public halls, and at open-air meetings have been meas- 
ured by acres. Between two thousand and three thou- 
sand inquirers have gathered at one time, to ask what 
they must do to be saved. At the call for a young con- 



12 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

verts' meeting, nearly the same number have assembled, 
each one presenting his ticket for admission. Scene af- 
ter scene of the most thrilling character has been wit- 
nessed, drawing tears from many an eye, and calling 
forth exclamations of astonishment from the lips of 
thousands. 

Feeble churches have been strengthened by large ac- 
cessions, and strong churches have been made stronger 
by additions to their ranks. In many places new 
churches have been organized, and new systems of 
Christian work have been inaugurated. Large contri- 
butions have been taken for charitable and educational 
purposes ; and tens of thousands of pounds have been 
expended in erecting halls, and providing accommoda- 
tions for the multitudes eager for the bread of life. De- 
nominational lines have been, in a great measure, oblit- 
erated ; and ministers of various sects have assembled in 
crowds under the banner of one God, one faith, one bap- 
tism, and one sublime destiny. Efforts for ecclesiastical 
unity that had extended over years, have been crowned 
with success in a day. Clergy of the Eoman Catholic 
Church have attended the public services, and when re- 
buked, one, at least, said that it could do no harm to go 
and hear about Jesus. The movement has inspired 
evangelical preachers with new zeal and force in the 
presentation of divine truth, and has largely added to the 
(congregations under the stated means of grace. It has 
<|uickened the weekly prayer-meetings, giving to them a 
more social and attractive character than they have had 
in the past. Stiffness and formality have yielded to the 
genial influences of Christian freedom and love. 

Hundreds of thousands of professing disciples of our 



INTRODUCTION. 13 

Lord have been led to higher attainments in the relig- 
ious life, and far greater efforts in the service of God 
than were ever before rendered. Beyond the limits of 
the meetings held, an unwonted seriousness has spread 
over vast communities, solemnizing the thoughtless, 
checking the vicious, silencing the scoffers, and leading 
multitudes, not yet brought to Christ, to think of death, 
the judgment, and eternity. In many cities visited by 
these Evangelists, the revival has continued after their 
departure, and in some instances with increased power. 
In regions parched with drought and spiritually unfruit- 
ful for many years past, fresh springs of living waters 
have sprung up, and rivers of salvation have flowed forth, 
widening and deepening, carrying joy to multitudes of 
hearts and homes. 

Preparations have been made for the coming of the 
Evangelists, on a scale never before known. The lar- 
gest assemblies of eminent ministers and laymen have 
been held to make arrangements for their visit; and 
days and weeks have been spent in prayer, and in hu- 
miliation before God, that the Divine Spirit, in copious 
effusion, might render effective their labors. 

In this wonderful work it is apparent that God has 
designs that reach far beyond its immediate results, 
glorious as they appear in our eyes. Surveying the 
field of his providential dealings, we see indications of 
the speedy extension of his kingdom on the earth. The 
large and increasing number of his children who are en- 
joying an abiding sense of his presence, and have re- 
ceived a full baptism of the Holy Ghost ; the frequency of 
precious revivals of religion, and the rapid removal of 
barriers that have heretofore obstructed the progress of 



14 THE WORE OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

the Gospel, all point in this direction ; and at this stage 
of the divine movements, there suddenly bursts upon the 
Christian world, in the career of Messrs. Moody and San- 
key, the most convincing and impressive proof of God's 
readiness to endue with heavenly power any disciple 
who will wholly consecrate himself to his service. 



SKETCH OF MR. MOODY. 15 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MR. MOODY. 

D WIGHT L. Moody was born at Northfield, Massachu- 
setts, on the 5th day of February, 1837. Accordingly, 
he is now thirty-eight years of age, in the full prime of 
life and vigor. 

His early education was limited ; owing, in part, at 
least, to the lack of a disposition to fully improve the 
advantages within his reach. As a boy, however, he 
developed a force of character, and a freshness and orig- 
inality, that gave him great influence over his compan- 
ions. The germs of the remarkable leadership and in- 
dependence that characterize his present movements may 
be traced to his childhood. He was born to lead men, 
at least, in some direction. He has recently said that 
it is better to get ten men to work, than for one to do 
the work of ten men. He has certainly revealed the 
faculty of doing either. His parents were Unitarians ; 
but, however upright their conduct, their belief had no 
power to touch his heart, or mould his spiritual nature. 

When eighteen years of age, he was a clerk in a shoe- 
store in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Mount 
Vernon Church Sunday-school, in a class taught by Mr. 
Edward Kimball. How little did that excellent teach- 
er know to whom he was teaching the truths of God's 
Word, and what rich and wide harvests would spring up 



16 THE WORK OF QOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

from the precious seed that he was planting in the mind 
of this rustic-looking youth! When the teacher was 
asked by his pupil, "Don't you think that Moses was a 
smart man?" how little did he dream that the questioner 
would one day be leading a mightier host to the prom- 
ised land than any other living inhabitant of the globe. 

Having, through the influences of the Holy Spirit, 
yielded to the power of the Saviour's love, and desiring 
to make a public profession of his faith, he applied for 
admission to the church on the 16th of May, 1855. Af- 
ter being examined by the committee, they, having his 
highest spiritual welfare in view, as well as the best in- 
terests of the church, recommended him to delay a pub- 
lic profession until he could more clearly apprehend the 
fundamental truths of Christianity. It was evident that 
his education had been sadly deficient in this depart- 
ment, while his sincerity and earnestness enlisted the 
sympathy of all. He was kindly visited and instructed 
by Mr. Julius A. Palmer and Mr. Langdon S. Ward, 
officers of the church, and by Mr. Kimball, his Sabbath- 
school teacher. On presenting himself again to the 
committee on March 5th, 1856, he was received to the 
communion of the church. One of the committee, in 
writing to me of him, says, " I feel that he is an illustra- 
tion of the words ' the last shall be first,' and I am glad 
to sit at his feet and learn now how to serve our Lord 
and Master. Blessed be God for his grace to Brother 
Moody, and through him to the world." 

Soon after attending a church prayer-meeting, feeling 
anxious to enter at once upon the service of his Master, 
he rose and offered a few remarks. At the close of the 
meeting his pastor took him aside, and kindly told him 



SKETCH OF MB. 310 ODY. 17 

that he had better not attempt to speak in the meetings, 
but might serve God in some other way. To this he 
has several times referred in his public addresses. Still 
feeling that he might possibly serve God in this way, he 
attended other meetings, and delivered short addresses. 
In several instances he met with a similar rebuke. The 
strongest impression that he made upon many good peo- 
ple was, that he ought not to attempt public speaking at 
all, and they frankly told him so. One of his dearest 
friends and co-workers informs me that probably these 
repeated discouragements influenced him to remove to 
Chicago, where there might be a more receptive field 
for his labors. 

Some months afterward, in September, 1856, he ac- 
cepted a situation in a shoe-store in Chicago. On Sun- 
day he sought out a Mission Sunday-school, and offered 
his services as a teacher. He was informed that the 
school had a full supply of teachers, but if he would 
gather a class, he might occupy a seat in the school-room. 
The next Sabbath he appeared with eighteen boys, and a 
place was assigned him for his new and rough recruits. 
This was the beginning of his mission to "the masses." 
On that day he unfolded his theory of how " to reach 
the masses" — "Go for them." 

Soon after, he commenced the "North Market Hall 
Mission-school." The old market-hall was used on Sat- 
urday nights for dancing; and after the motley crowd 
had dispersed, Mr. Moody and his associates spent the 
late hours of Saturday night and the early hours of Sun- 
day morning in removing the sawdust and filth, cleans- 
ing the floor, and putting the room in order for their 
Christian work. The repetition of this kind of labor 



18 THE WORK OF GOD IN GEE AT BRITAIN. 

week after week was obviously not very agreeable ; but 
it was cheerfully rendered by a young man who lived 
for one object — the salvation of souls. In this hall the 
school was held for six years, and increased to over one 
thousand members. Many were brought to Jesus ; and 
the work was carried forward amidst marked encourage- 
ments and discouragements. 

Finding it extremely difficult to hold prayer-meetings 
or Sabbath - evening services in this hall, Mr. Moody 
rented a saloon that would accommodate about two hun- 
dred persons. He boarded up the side windows, and 
furnished it with unpainted pine-board seats. It was a 
dismal, unventilated place, and during service it was nec- 
essary to have policemen to guard the door and build- 
ing. Here he collected the poor and the vicious ; and 
sought, by melting appeals and fervent prayers, to lead 
hardened sinners to abandon their evil courses, and ac- 
cept the offers of salvation. 

While standing in this small and rough apartment, no 
visions floated before his fancy of the vast and splendid 
halls where he now unfolds the glorious truths of Chris- 
tianity to tens of thousands, of all ranks and degrees of 
learning and culture in the British Empire; neither 
did he think of what was before him in the city of Chi- 
cago, and the wide fields that would open to him in the 
State of Illinois, and throughout the United States. He 
simply thought of saving these poor souls, for whom the 
Son of God had died. He had pulled them out of the 
fire of consuming vices, and now he pleads with them to 
repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Thus he toiled on until the winter of 1857-58, when 
a powerful revival led to the formation of the Young 



SKETCH OF MR. MOODY. 19 

Men's Christian Association of Chicago, and the establish- 
ment of a daily union prayer-meeting. 

The meeting began in January, 1858, and was at first 
very largely attended. Gradually, however, the numbers 
diminished. The committee who had the meeting in 
charge gave it over to the Young Men's Association, 
who continued it, though at times but three or four per- 
sons were present. At this period Mr. Moody com- 
menced attending the meeting, and by his personal ef- 
forts induced more than a hundred to join the praying- 
band. 

About this time he said to a dear friend, who had been 
intimately associated with him in his various Christian 
labors, "I have decided to give to God all my time." 
Previous to this he had devoted his evenings and Sab- 
baths,, and occasionally a whole day, to laboring for the 
Lord. His friend asked him, "How he expected to 
live?" He replied, "God will provide if he wishes me 
to keep on; and I will keep on until I am obliged to 
stop." Since that day he has received no salary from 
any individual or society; but God has supplied his 
wants. 

Many characteristic incidents are related illustrating 
his perfect trust in his Heavenly Father. One morning, 
on leaving his house to spend the day in Christian work, 
his wife said to him, "We need a barrel of flour; will you 
attend to it?" He made some general reply, and on his 
return in the evening she said to him, "I thank you for 
sending the barrel of flour home so promptly." "Bar- 
rel of flour!" said he, with a look of astonishment; "did 
a barrel come?" "Yes," she replied. "Well," said he, 
" I haven't thought of it since you spoke of it in the 



20 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

morning." He had been so absorbed in efforts to bring 
souls to Christ, that he had not even prayed for it. 
But the Lord knew that his family needed flour, and 
prompted a Christian man to send it. 

At another time a friend met him as he was hurrying 
to the depot, and asked, " Where are you going in such 
haste?" He replied, "I feel called to go" to the south- 
ern part of the State to aid in a Christian enterprise." 
"Have you money to meet your expenses?" said the 
friend. " I hardly think I have," was his reply. The 
friend handed him a hundred dollars, fifty of which he 
took with him, and the remainder he sent home for fami- 
ly expenses. 

When he gave up his situation in Chicago, and re- 
solved thenceforth to "live by faith," many of his acquaint- 
ances thought that he was demented. But when they 
saw how his usefulness increased, and how the Lord pro- 
vided for him, without his taking " thought for the mor- 
row," and scarcely for the present day ; when they saw 
converts multiplying under his ministrations, and re- 
vivals started and promoted by his zealous efforts, and 
the Young Men's Christian Association revived from a 
state of torpor, to become a mighty power for good in 
the city and the State, they felt that this was no vision- 
ary fanatic, but a wise and prudent Christian man. 

In 1863 his work had attained such a magnitude that 
a large and commodious building was erected on IlHnois 
Street, costing, with the land, about twenty thousand dol- 
lars. Here Mr. Moody preached to a crowded assembly, 
conducted a flourishing Sabbath-school, and gathered a 
church of three hundred members. Among Mr. Moody's 
warmest friends is John V. Farwell, Esq., a prosperous 



SKETCH OF Mli. MOODY. 21 

merchant of Chicago, and a most noble-hearted Christian. 
Besides aiding Mr. Moody in various ways, he provided 
him with a house, which was beautifully furnished in 
every part by other friends. In this new residence, and 
with his large and flourishing church, every thing went 
on prosperously until the great fire of October, 1871, 
when all his property was destroyed. In the middle of 
the night he was roused by the wild conflagration sweep- 
ing toward his house, and with his wife and two children 
hurried to find shelter. A friend meeting him soon af- 
ter, asked him if he had lost all. He replied, "Every 
thing but my reputation and my Bible." His wife saved 
some few articles of dress, and took down a portrait of 
Mr. Moody, in a heavy frame. She asked him to take it 
and carry it to a place of safety. He said, " Wouldn't I 
look well carrying my picture through the streets!" 
Finding it burdensome, she took it out of the frame and 
saved it. But he secured his Bible that for years was 
his constant companion, and the same that he now uses 
in his meetings in Great Britain. It is fully marked 
with references and notes of incidents and illustrations, 
and at the close there is an index to the illustrations. A 
friend tells me that, three years ago, he said to her that 
he would not sell his Bagster Bible for five hundred dol- 
lars. Now it is still more valuable to him, and probably 
no amount of money could purchase it. He has a pock- 
et specially made in which to carry it. Nothing certain- 
ly can be more characteristic of the man than his fleeing 
from the flames of a wild conflagration, caring nothing 
for his portrait, but clinging to his Bible. 

About five years since he was led to study the Scrip- 
tures with increased diligence, and formed the habit of 



22 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

rising at five o'clock, and often at four, for this purpose. 
He studied until his breakfast, and went to his room and 
spent the whole day in services for the Master, returning 
at 6 P.M. During. these early hours he made much of 
the preparation for the sermons and addresses that he is 
now delivering before such vast and attentive audiences. 
After the fire, his feelings and those of his co-workers at 
seeing the result of years of prayer and toil in ruins, 
can hardly be conceived. And what could they do, 
with the whole city crippled, and the resources upon 
which they had depended in the past so largely cut off? 
But recovering from the first stunning blow, their hopes 
revived ; and in the face of confusion and difficulties of 
every kind, they had in a month a structure erected, that 
temporarily served the purpose of a school and church. 

This structure, represented in the engraving, was com- 
menced five weeks after the fire, and completed in thirty 
days. At the solicitation of Mr. Moody, the necessary 
funds were secured, and accommodations thus furnished 
for the large population in the neighborhood. The 
building was familiarly known as " The North Side 
Tabernacle," and located at the corner of Wells and 
Ontario streets. It was one story high, and would seat 
fifteen hundred persons. 

In the summer, open-air meetings were held near the 
Tabernacle, followed by meetings for inquirers and young 
converts. During the week four religious meetings were 
appointed ; besides one for mothers, and two for teach- 
ing poor children to sew. Here, as formerly, Mr. Moody's 
labors were greatly blessed, and the whole community 
experienced the refining and elevating influence of these 
stated reliofious services. 



SKETCH OF MB. MOODY. 25 

Some time since a site was selected for a large and com- 
modious edifice, with an audience-room having two thou- 
sand five hundred sittings, and room for the schools. The 
whole cost will be about one hundred thousand dollars. 
So numerous are Mr. Moody's friends, that contributions 
flowed in from various parts of the country. The case 
was presented to the Sabbath-schools, and five hundred 
thousand children sent five cents each, desiring to pur- 
chase a brick, or something that would help rear the 
great tabernacle. A contribution of three hundred dol- 
lars came from an unknown friend in Pekin ; and some 
converted Chinamen sent a few dollars, collected from 
their Pagan countrymen. Notwithstanding the late 
stagnation in business that has delayed the progress of 
the building, we hope soon to receive intelligence of its 
completion. 

In the year 1868 the Eev. David Macrae, Presbyte- 
rian minister of Greenock, Scotland, visited Chicago, and 
in a graphically written volume, entitled "The Ameri- 
cans at Home," designates Mr. Moody as the Lightning 
Christian of the Lightning City. In describing him he 
says: "The man who may be called, par excellence^ the 
Lightning Christian of the Lightning City is Mr. Moody, 
the President of the Young Men's Christian Association, 
and a man whose name is a household word in connec- 
tion with missionary work. I went to one of his mis- 
sion schools, and have rarely beheld such a scene of 
high -pressure evangelization. It made me think irre- 
sistibly of those breathing steamboats on the Mississippi, 
that must either go fast or burst. Mr. Moody himself 
moved energetically about the school most of the time, 
seeing that every body was at work, throwing in a word 

2 



26 THE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

where lie thought it necessary, and inspiring every one 
with his own enthusiasm. 

"As soon as the classes had been going on for a specif- 
ic number of minutes, he mounted a platform, rang a bell, 
and addressed the children. He is a keen, dark-eyed 
man, with a somewhat shrill voice, but with thorough 
earnestness of manner and delivery. His remarks were 
few, but pointed and full of interrogation, keeping the 
children on their mettle. It is one of his first principles, 
never, in any of .the religious exercises, to allow the in- 
terest or attention of the audience to flag for an instant. 
At a great religious convention held at Chicago, to which 
five hundred delegates came from all parts of the United 
States, he got a resolution passed that no one should be 
.allowed more than three minutes for his speech. The 
result was that an immense number got an opportunity 
for speaking, and an admirable check was put on the 
American tendency to copious and flowery oratory. 
Every man had to dash in, medias res, at once, say what 
he had to say without loss of words, and leave out all 
minor points to get time for the points of most impor- 
tance. One or two of Mr. Moody's remarks were, 'Serv- 
ices are not made interesting enough, so as to get uncon- 
verted people to come. They are not expected to come, 
and people would be mortified if they did come. Don't 
get into a rut. I abominate ruts. There are few things 
that I dread more.' " 

Though earnest in his piety, and full of religious con- 
versation, Mr. Moody has no patience with mere cant, 
and wants every body to prove his sincerity by his acts. 
At a meeting in behalf of a struggling charity, a wealthy 
layman, loud in his religious professions, offered up 



SKETCH OF MR. MOODY. 27 

a prayer that the Lord would move the hearts of the 
people to contribute the sum required. Mr. Moody rose, 
and said that all the charity wanted was only two thou- 
sand dollars, and that he considered it absurd for a man 
with half a million to get up and ask the Lord to do any 
thing in the matter, when he could himself, with a mere 
stroke of his pen, do all that was needed, and ten times 
more, and never feel the difference. 

" The first thing Mr. Moody does with those whom he 
succeeds in bringing under Christian influences is, to turn 
them to account in pushing on the good work. He con- 
siders no place too bad, no class too hardened, to be de- 
spaired of. He sometimes takes a choir of young people, 
well trained in singing, to the low drinking saloons, to 
help him in wooing the drunkards and gamblers away 
to the meetings. On one such occasion, which was de- 
scribed to me, he entered one of these dens with his 
choir, and said, ' Would you like to have a song, gentle- 
men ?' No objection was offered, and the children sung 
a patriotic song in fine style, eliciting great applause. 
Mr. Mood}^ then had a hymn sung by them, and mean- 
while went round giving tracts to those present. When 
the hymn was over he said, ' We shall now have a word 
of prayer.' ' No, no,' cried several in alarm, ' no prayer 
here.' 'Oh yes, we'll have a few words of prayer. 
Quiet for a minute, gentlemen,' he said, and proceed- 
ed to offer up a few earnest petitions. Some of the men 
were touched; and when he invited them to go with 
him to his meeting and hear more about salvation, half 
of them rose and went. It is believed that if Pande- 
monium were accessible, Mr. Moody would have a mis- 
sion started there within a week." 



28 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

The civil war, which began with the first gun that was 
fired upon Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, opened a new 
field for the energetic philanthropy and Christian zeal 
of Mr. Moody. He was at the time a member of the 
Devotional Committee of the Chicago Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association, which was made the army committee, 
with John Y. Farwell, Esq., as chairman. When the 
first regiment of the three hundred thousand soldiers 
that encamped at Camp Douglas were preparing shelter 
for the first night's rest, a portion of this committee were 
on the ground, and a prayer -meeting was organized. 
Soon other meetings were established, to the extent and 
power of which Mr. Moody largely contributed. He 
seemed to be everywhere, speaking and praying in the 
meetings, conversing with soldiers, warning, instruct- 
ing, or encouraging all whom he was able to reach. 
Over fifteen hundred meetings were held in the camp 
that were productive of great good. 

When the news came of the battle at Fort Donelson, 
Mr. Moody was among the first to go to the relief of the 
sufferers, and he was ready for any service that could 
contribute to the comfort of the wounded or the dying. 
His physical strength, his sympathetic nature, and his 
ardent piety, were all brought into requisition, and many 
a suffering soldier and officer had reason to thank God 
for his ministrations. Eternity alone can reveal the 
blessed results of his efforts to prepare precious souls for 
the realities of the future life. 

He was at Shiloh, at Murfreesboro', and with the 
army at Cleveland and Chattanooga, pushing with un- 
abated energies his Christian work in tents, hospitals, 
and on the battle-field. He was amono; the first to enter 



SKETCH OF MB. MOODY. 29 

Richmond after its surrender, and bear the blessings of 
the Gospel to friend or foe. 

Daring the war that continued till the year 1865 lie 
still kept up his home work, laboring in revivals, attend- 
ing conventions, and especially infusing new life into the 
Young Men's Christian Association. The rooms of the 
association at this time were small and inconvenient, and 
the only place for private prayer was a dark closet. At 
the close of one of these meetings, two young men with 
Mr. Moody tarried "upon the stairs, to consult together 
as to what could be done to make the Association a great- 
er power in the city. Soon after they retired to the 
dark closet, to lay the case before the Lord. 

Feeling that faith must be accompanied by works, they 
next signed a pledge that they would make immediate 
and persevering efforts to secure the erection of a suita- 
ble building for the association. They formed several 
plans, none of which proved successful. One day a 
young man remarked, "The only way to get a building 
is to elect Mr. Moody president of the association." The 
suggestion was acted upon, and the following March he 
was elected. Taking hold of the matter with his usual 
energy and faith in divine help, a plan for a building 
was submitted at the annual meeting, and the following 
spring the foundations were laid. 

In September it was completed, and thus a new era in 
the usefulness of this institution was inaugurated. Act- 
ive young men were gathered in, and work was assigned 
to different members, by which large and varied classes 
in the community were reached. The ignorant were in- 
structed, the vicious reclaimed, the latent energies of 
Christians were developed, and a great impulse given to 
personal exertions for the salvation of souls. 



80 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN, 

Mr. Moody served the Association as president for 
four years ; and would gladly Lave been retained longer 
bad he given his consent. But the great pressure of 
other claims led him to resign, and he was chosen vice- 
president. 

The Sabbath -school cause, in its wide relations to 
the State of Illinois, was touched with the wand of his 
mighty influence, and felt at once its electric power. 
The first six annual Conventions had been held, with 
the usual routine of business attended to, without any 
marked spiritual results. The seventh was appointed 
to meet in Springfield, and Mr. Moody sought to awak- 
en an interest in it among the prominent ministers, and 
others in different parts of the State; seeking, as was al- 
ways his custom, God's blessing upon his efforts. The 
Convention was to meet on Tuesday, and on the previous 
Friday night, in company with two kindred spirits, he 
took the train from Chicago, reaching Springfield on 
Saturday morning. They spent the day in visiting the 
ministers and laymen in the city, and arousing them to 
the importance of the coming gathering. In the after- 
noon of the following Sabbath a large meeting was 
held; and after earnest addresses and fervent prayers, 
a request was made for any who desired to be remem- 
bered at the throne of grace, to rise. Seventy persons 
rose in the vast assembly; and thus the fruits of the 
Convention became visible, so to speak, before the Con- 
vention was held. 

Another grand meeting was held Sabbath evening. 
Three were held on Monday, at 8 A.M., 4 P.M., and in 
the evening. Such was the preparation to welcome the 
Sabbath-school workers from all parts of the State. The 
tide was already up to float them on. 



SKETCH OF MR MOODT. 81 

The Convention opened with great enthusiasm and 
unwonted spiritual power. Three meetings were held 
every day with the most blessed results. Many converts 
were gathered to Christ before the week closed. The 
delegates caught the fire, and went home to kindle it 
in other hearts, and to spread the spiritual magnetism 
through their respective schools. Sabbath-schools all 
over the State felt the power of that Convention. Sub- 
sequent Conventions partook of the character of this, 
and became sources of mighty spiritual influences. The 
one held at Quincy, in 1871, was attended by over five 
thousand people, and the meetings were of thrilling in- 
terest. 

As though it were not enough to have the care of a 
family ; to make daily personal exertions for the salva- 
tion of individuals; to conduct a large church and Sun- 
day-school, and make the necessary weekly preparations 
for their varied Sabbath and weekly services; to admin- 
ister the affairs and attend to the details involved in car- 
rying a Young Men's Christian Association up to a com- 
manding position of stability and power; to be present 
at Conventions in the State of Illinois and out of it, and 
to aid in revivals of religion — as though, I say, all this 
w^ere not enough, Mr. Moody added open-air meetings to 
his work. These had been greatly blessed with the 
soldiers, and he afterward held them in the streets of 
cities, and in connection with State and County Conven- 
tions. He found them very economical, as w^ell as ef- 
fective. He used the earth as his temple; the sun for 
light; the canopy above for his arched and splendid 
roof; and, without the expense of pews, gathered his 
audiences. He had at times difficulties to overcome, 



B2 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BBITAIK 

and discouragements to meet ; but he was constituted to 
grapple with difficulties and overcome obstacles. 

This was a part of his divinely appointed work, and 
he cheerfully accepted it. He was his own forerunner. 
He had to gather up the stones and prepare the high- 
way, and then roll the chariot of salvation over it. 

He had been twice invited to come and hold meetings 
in a certain county in the State; but a pressure of duties 
compelled him to decline. Having in the summer a 
leisure week, he sent word to one of the pastors that he 
was coming, and took the next train. 

On his arrival he called upon the pastor, who said to 
him, "I'm sorry that you have come. When we wrote 
you, all seemed fair for a revival ; now all promise is 
gone." He went immediately to see another pastor, who 
told him, "You might better have staid at home; winter 
is the time ; in summer people here are too busy." Mr. 
Moody was left to his meditations ; but it did not take 
"the Lightning Evangelist" long to decide what he 
would do. He persuaded a few persons to go with him 
to the corner of a public square. Discovering a dry- 
goods box on the opposite side of the street, he tumbled 
it over, and, mounting upon it, began to speak. At first 
a few stopped to listen ; others came, until a crowd of 
eager listeners had gathered around him. Many seemed 
deeply moved, while some wept. . At the close, he in- 
vited all to attend another meeting to be held in a church 
near-by. Such a multitude flocked to the church that 
it would not hold them. Other meetings followed, in- 
creasing in interest. God poured out his Spirit, and a 
blessed revival followed. The first pastor called upon 
said, "I made a mistake; the Lord knew where to send 



SKETCH OF MR. MOODY. 33 

you." The second pastor said, "I see that summer is 
just the time for a revival." 

Mr. Moodj has his enemies. We should be astonish- 
ed if he had not. A man who so squarely confronts 
evil as he does, and fights "the world, the flesh, and the 
devil" with such efficient weapons, must naturally stir 
up foes. We wonder that they are not more numerous. 

A friend of his states that an eminent physician ex- 
pressed to him his dislike to Mr. Moody, in the most 
decided terms. Some months after the man called and 
said, "I once told you how I disliked Mr. Moody. I 
now wish to say that I have greatly changed my opin- 
ion." Being asked the cause, he said, " I was called in 
to see a dying woman who had led a life of shame. She 
gave me her watch, jewelry, and other property, and ask- 
ed me to send them to her daughter in a distant place. 
She died, and I wrote to the daughter, who came to the 
city, called upon me, gave her name and her husband's 
references, and received the things. Finding her re- 
spectable and lady-like, I asked her how she escaped. 
She said, 'When I was a little girl, we lived on the 
North Side. I went to Mr. Moody's Sunday-school, and 
he often went to my mother and begged her to send me 
away to a place of safety ; and his earnest entreaties pre- 
vailed. I was sent away, and I owe it all to him.' " The 
doctor added, " This man must be a Christian, and I was 
wrong." 

At one time Mr. Moody was assailed in the streets of 
Chicago by some Roman Catholics. He called upon the 
Eoman Catholic bishop, who received him kindly, and 
who, at Mr. Moody's request, promised to put a stop to 
the violent proceedings to which he had been exposed. 

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84 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Conversing with the bishop, the subject of prayer was 
introduced, and Mr. Moody asked him if he prayed in 
private. He replied that he did. " Well, then," said 
Mr. Moody, "suppose we have a short season of prayer 
together, and, if you please, you lead first." They knelt 
down before the sofa upon which they had been sitting, 
and the bishop prayed, and Mr. Moody followed. The 
interview terminated very happily, and Mr. Moody was 
no longer annoyed. 

In private intercourse I have always found Mr. Moody 
as full of gentle courtesy toward others as he was of ten- 
der love for his Saviour. I never knew a man so free 
from selfishness or self-seeking as he. His friendship is 
as pure as a crystal, and his generous love flows out to- 
ward all whom he can serve or benefit. A nobler soul 
was never formed by grace and spiritual culture. His 
very presence as a guest is a blessing in any home. The 
last time he was in Albany, his whole manner, conversa- 
tion, and spiritual ardor deeply impressed me; especially 
his forgetfulness of self in his complete absorption in his 
Master's work. 

On our way to a prayer-meeting that I knew would 
be crowded, though held in a large church, I remarked 
to him, " You must experience great pleasure in going 
from place to place, and reaching and benefiting such 
multitudes as come to hear you." He seemed scarcely 
to know what to say. He could not deny that he was 
engaged in a delightful work; but his whole mind seemed 
to be upon the work, rather than his personal relations to 
it. I can not recall precisely his reply. But the distinct 
impression left upon my mind was, that this man thinks 
of nothing, plans for nothing, but for Christ and souls. 



SKETCH OF MB. 310 ODY. 35 

Mr. Moody's home reflects the love and joy of the 
heavenly home. The spirit of his companion harmo- 
nizes perfectly with his spirit, and her sympathy and 
tenderness are among Heaven's choicest gifts to him. 
He has a daughter and son, Emma and Willie, who rest 
in his paternal affections, and are the recipients of all 
the blessings that flow from a loving father's heart. No 
father was ever more fond of his children than he. He 
plays with them as though he was a child himself, and 
enters into their sports, often with the greatest glee. 
Mr. D. Kussel Niver, of Albany, to whom I gave a letter 
of introduction to him, called and presented it just after 
he had taken his tea. Eeading the letter, he said, "Ah ! 
yes, from Dr. C — — . Now, children, let me present you 
to my friend, and we'll have a good romp." Without 
waiting for the least ceremony, the young man was at 
once received as a member of the family, and admitted 
to all the home privileges, including a good play with 
the children. Mr. Moody has a rich vein of humor, and 
his overtaxed brain and heart are frequently rested by 
genial society and innocent diversions. The constant 
strain that he is under must at times let up, and his ar- 
dor breaks out in one direction, to counterbalance it in 
another. 

No man ever surpassed Mr. Moody in hospitality. In- 
troduce a stranger to him, and after the first salutation 
he will say, "Come and dine with me;" or, if it is even- 
ing, "Come and take supper, and spend the night at my 
house." His house, which was large and commodious, 
was usually full of guests, and his table was often crowd- 
ed. As the Lord provided for him, he was glad to have 
as many as possible share in his gifts, and as he "loved 



36 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

his neighbor as himself," it was all the same to him who 
partook of his bounty. A man of the keenest insight 
and the most patient investigation might search Mr. 
Moody through and through, and he would not be able 
to find a particle of meanness in his nature. He is ev- 
ery inch a man ; and every man is his brother. 

While speaking of his family, I will relate an inci- 
dent that occurred in his Sabbath - school in Chicago. 
A stranger who was visiting the school noticed a lady 
teaching a class of about forty middle-aged men, in the 
gallery. Looking at her, and then at the class, he said 
to Mr. Moody, " Is not that lady altogether too young to 
teach such a class of men ? She seems to me very youth- 
ful for such a position." Mr. Moody replied, "She gets 
along very well, and seems to succeed in her teaching." 
The stranger did not appear to be altogether satisfied. 
He walked about the school, evidently in an anxious 
state of mind. In a few moments he approached the 
superintendent again, and, with becoming gravity, said, 
" Mr. Moody, I can not but feel that that lady must be 
altogether too young to instruct such a large company 
of men. Will you, sir, please to inform me who she is ?" 
" Certainly," replied Mr. Moody ; " that is my wife." The 
stranger made no more inquiries, and nothing transpired 
to indicate the state of his mind during the remainder 
of his visit. Mrs. Moody has now reached the age 
of thirty, and may the bloom of youth long abide with 
her. 

Among Mr. Moody's remarkable qualities is his pow- 
er of physical endurance. This is marvelous. On New- 
year's -day he was accustomed in Chicago to call upon 
every member of his church and society. He would 



SKETCH OF MR. MOODY. 87 

start out with a company of friends, one after another of 
whom would drop out of the circle during the day, ex- 
hausted. With the remainder he would keep on calling ; 
and if at last he was left alone, he would still fly from 
house to house with " a happy new year " for every 
body. In the evening he would attend a prayer-meet- 
ing as fresh as ever. I really have not the courage to 
state the exact number of calls he made, for fear of excit- 
ing the spirit of doubt in the mind of the reader. It is 
sufficient to say that he made several hundreds, the result 
of the union of his physical power with his already recog- 
nized " lightning" power. On this occasion, as well as on 
every other, whatever his hands found to do he did with 
his might; and the same held true in regard to his feet. 

It is a remarkable fact that the great Chicago fire, that 
was regarded as an unmitigated calamity, was one of the 
links in the chain that led Mr. Moody to visit Great Brit- 
ain at the present time. He had twice before crossed the 
Atlantic and labored in the British isles, and succeeded 
in organizing a daily union prayer-meeting in London. 
After the fire he was impressed with the feeling that he 
ought to go abroad again. Some English friends con- 
versed with him on the subject, and urged him to go, un- 
der the belief that his labors would be blessed of God. 
Christians in Chicago naturally wished to retain him, and 
several offered to build a commodious house and present 
it to him. But he declined the offer, although since the 
fire he has had no settled home, and none in prospect. 
He was under an influence that led him to feel that he 
must keep himself free from obligations and entangle- 
ments, that he might go whithersoever the Lord might 
call him. He loved Chicago and the dear earnest Chris- 



38 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

tians who rallied around him there, and was grateful for 
their kind and liberal offers; but duty to the Lord Jesus 
Christ was supreme in his soul. In England he was of- 
fered a large sum of money, but declined it, fearing it 
might become a snare to him. 

On the 14th of last February, Mr. Yarley, the British 
evangelist, who is called the " Moody of England," was 
giving a Bible reading in the city of New York, when he 
related the following incident: "On visiting at a friend's 
house with Mr. Moody in England some years ago, I 
said to him, 'It remains for the world to see what the 
Lord can do wnth a man wholly consecrated to Christ.' 
Mr. Moody soon returned to America, but those words 
clung to him with such power that he was induced to 
return to England, and commenced that wonderful series 
of labors in Scotland and England in which he is still 
engaged. Mr. Moody said to me on returning to En- 
gland, 'Those were the words of the Lord, through your 
lips, to my soul.' " 

Some months before his departure from America, Mr. 
Moody passed through a very extraordinary religious 
experience. He called upon a friend of rare intellectual 
and spiritual gifts, and as he began to speak he burst into 
tears. He said that he hardly knew what the Lord intend- 
ed to do with him. He seemed to "be taking him all to 
pieces," and showing to him his unworthiness and feeble- 
ness. He could hardly describe, or even understand, the 
peculiar emotions that had taken possession of him. 

A few days after he made an appointment to meet 
four or five Christians for a season of earnest prayer to 
God. This friend being invited, on entering the room, 
found the little band kneeling in prayer, and all in tears. 



SKETCH OF MR. MOODY. 39 

They were pouring out their earnest supplications in an 
agony of spirit ; and could not be denied the guidance, 
strength, and power they sought. They asked for a 
full baptism of the Holy Ghost, and that God would use 
theni, as he never had before, for his own glory and for 
tlie salvation of multitudes of perishing sinners. We 
have reason to believe that at that time Mr. Moody re- 
ceived a fresh and full baptism of the Spirit, and that 
this was the divine preparation in his soul for the great 
work upon which all Christendom looks to-day with 
wonder and with thanksgiving to God. 

Among Mr. Moody's gifts is the rare one of bearing 
rebuke with Christian meekness. Some time before the 
period just referred to, a person met him and said, "I 
fear. Brother Moody, that you may be losing some of 
your humility and religious devotion, and with these 
your power in Christ's service." He replied, in sub- 
stance, "Perhaps I am; I will look into my heart, and 
endeavor to humble myself before God." 

The question is often asked. What are the elements 
of Mr. Moody's power? They are certainly not his nat- 
ural gifts. They flow directly from Christ. Filled with 
the Spirit, he seems to lose sight of every thing but the 
message of his Master to perishing sinners; and he can 
not rest until they are rescued from peril. His Heaven- 
ly Father is around him and within him, pressing him 
every moment to serve him, and to think of nothing else. 
The love of the Saviour pervades and quickens all his 
sensibilities, and is the atmosphere through which he sees 
his fellow-men. He can say with the apostle Paul, "I 
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." 

The New York Observer for March 11th, 1875, under 



40 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

the head of " Secrets of Moody's Success," contains the 
following from the pen of Dr. Yan Doren, of Chicago. 
Speaking first of Mr. Moody's humility, he says : "An in- 
cident, some twelve years ago, occurred at the city of , 

where the pastors and friends of a revival sought were 
assembled. Mr. Moody, as his manner then was, laid the 
blame of spiritual coldness on the church, and of course 
the several ministers present felt the strokes. 

" One arose and brought down the lash on what he 
called the Pharisaic display, etc., and repelled the charge. 
Poor Marsyas did not come out of the hands of Apollo 
more thoroughly flayed alive than did Brother Moody 
from the hands of that trenchant speaker. Instead of 
resenting it, he arose, and trembling with emotion, said, 
'I, from my heart, thank that brother. I deserved it 
all;' and then asked that brother who held the rod Ho 
pray for him.'' Every heart was melted ; and when that 
prayer was ended, not one, we believe, in that vast audi- 
ence but was willing to embrace and welcome Brother 
Moody from that moment to this. 

"Secondly: Our Brother Moody is a man of inextin- 
guishable zeal. In our city of 400,000 people all the 
boys of this wicked city know him, and respect him too. 
A short time since, while distributing tracts, I rebuked 
some boys kindly for profanity. 'Say, mister, do you 
belong to Brother Moody?' At one time, walking in 
the crowded South Water Street with a friend, he met 
a knot of worldly acquaintances. Pausing a moment — 
' Friends, we may never meet again. Here is an alcove. 
Let us have a prayer.' Love like that drew them aside, 
and he led, all standing. Waving his hand, and with an 
eye beaming with tears, he passed on in silence. 



SKETCH OF MB. MOODY. 41 

" Brother Moody is a firm believer in God's word. It 
is a marvel to all our ministers, that while so many ed- 
ucated clergymen in the Evangelical Church treat the 
Bible as Homer or Plato, he practically writes over ev- 
ery verse, ''Thus saith the Lord.'' Hence he has avoided 
all those crotchets that weaken and deform the influence 
of many good preachers. His profound, adoring love 
of the Scriptures has led some to think that he reads 
nothing else. But, like Dr. Johnson, who was said 'to 
take the heart right out of a book,' he grasps an author's 
plan and illustrations with an intuitive glance. 

"Thirdly: He is a man of prayer. This, I hold, in- 
cludes faith. We know that Luther spent half the night 
in prayer, at times. 

" When President Edwards preached that memorable 
sermon, ' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,' at 
Enfield, New England, and a glorious revival began, it 
was discovered, by chance, that the elders of the church 
had spent the lohole previous night in prayer for a descent 
of the Holy Ghost. 

" What is remarkable with Brother Moody is that the 
Holy Ghost seems actually to precede him, as the cloudy 
pillar did Israel ; and when he comes, his announcement 
of the terms of mercy falls on open ears and hearts." 

A writer in The Daily Review for January 6th thus 
describes Mr. Moody: "He is not a man of much edu- 
cation or culture; his manner is abrupt and blunt; his 
speech bristles with Americanisms; his voice is sharp, 
rapid, and colloquial ; and he never attempts any thing 
like finished or elaborate composition. But he is in 
downright earnest. He believes what he says; he says 
it as if he believed it, and he expects his audience to be- 



42 THE WORK OF QOB IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

lieve it. He gets wonderfully near to his hearers, with- 
out any apparent effort. Whatever size the audience 
may be, he is at home with them at once, and he makes 
them feel that they are at home with him. He is gifted 
with a rare sagacity, an insight into the human heart, a 
knowledge of what is stirring in it, and of what is fitted 
to impress it. He has in his possession a large number 
of incidents and experiences well fitted to throw light 
on the points he employs them to elucidate, and to clinch 
the appeals which he uses them to enforce. In addition 
to all this, he has a deeply pathetic vein, which enables 
him to plead very earnestly at the very citadel of the 
heart. At first his tone may seem to be hard. He will 
take for his text, ' There is no difference,' and press the 
doctrine of universal condemnation, as if the worst and 
the best were precisely alike. Possibly the antagonism 
of his audience is somewhat roused; but by-and-by he 
will take them with him to some affecting death-bed, 
and his tone will show how profoundly his own heart is 
stirred by what is happening there. The vein of pathos 
comes out tenderly and beautifully. He seems as if he 
were lying on the ground, pleading in tears with his hear- 
ers to come to Christ. But, most important of all, he 
seems to rely for effect absolutely on divine power. Of 
course every true preacher does, but in very different 
degrees of conscious trust and expectation. Mr. Moody 
goes to his meetings, fully expecting the Divine Pres- 
ence, because he has asked it. He speaks with the fear- 
lessness, the boldness, and the directness of one delivering 
a message from the King of kings and Lord of lords; 
and he takes pains to have his own heart in the spirit 
of the message. He tries to go to his audience loving 



SKETCH OF MR. MOODY. 43 

them, and actively and fervently longing for their salva- 
tion. He says that if he does not try to stir up this spir- 
it of love beforehand, he can not get hold of an audience ; 
if he does, he never fails. He endeavors to address them 
with a soul steeped in the corresponding emotion. He 
seems to try, like Baxter, never to speak of weighty soul 
concerns without his whole soul being drenched therein. 

"With all this, there is in Mr. Moody a remarkable 
naturalness, a want of all approach to affectation or sanc- 
timoniousness, and even a play of humor which spirts 
out sometimes in his most serious addresses. Doubtless 
he gets the tone of his system restored by letting the hu- 
mor out of him after a long day's hard and earnest work. 
For children he has obviously a great affection, and they 
draw to him freely and pleasantly. We should fancy 
him a famous man to lead a Sunday-school excursion 
party to the country, and set them agoing with all man- 
ner of joyous and laughing games. We are sure he 
would be the happiest of the party, enjoying the fun 
himself, as well as pleased at their enjoyment of it. The 
repression of human nature or the running of it into ar- 
tificial moulds is no part of his policy. We are sure he 
must agree with the late Dr. Guthrie, that there is noth- 
ing bad in human nature except its corruptions, and that 
our aim should be not to destroy it or any part of it, but 
to get it restored as God at first made it. His instincts 
of sagacity make him recoil from all one-sidedness, and 
desire that men and women under God's grace should 
hide no true accomplishment and lose no real charm." 

Mr. Moody was invited to visit England by the Eev. 
^[r. Pennefather, of Mildmay, London, and Mr. Bain- 
bridge, of Newcastle, neither of whom was permitted 



44 THE WORE OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

to look upon the wide harvests that the reaper whom 
thej sent for is gathering in. Mr. Pennefather died 
while Mr. Moody was on his voyage, and Mr. Bainbridge 
soon after his arrival in Liverpool. Was it God's de- 
sign that these devoted men, joining " the great cloud of 
witnesses," should from the heavenly heights look down 
upon the wondrous scenes below ? If so, how has their 
joy been increased at seeing the fruits of the closing 
signal effort of their lives for Jesus! They have beheld 
the spiritual light, first kindled in England, and particu- 
larly in Newcastle, whence one of the invitations went 
forth; then shining in Scotland, with increased bright- 
ness; then hovering over the cities of Ireland, and pour- 
ing its sweet influences into tens of thousands of homes, 
returning, a vast tidal wave to England, and moving 
through Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, and Liver- 
pool, to the great city over which at this hour the heav- 
ens are opening, and where the angels are descending 
and ascending, bringing to earth the choicest of celestial 
gifts, and bearing to the recording angel thousands of 
names to be written in the Lamb's book of life. 



SKETCH OF MB. SANEET. 45 



II. 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MB. SAJSTKEY. 

Ira D. Sankey was born in Edinburgh, in the State 
of Pennsylvania, in 1840, and educated amidst the influ- 
ences of a Christian home. His pious parents dedicated 
him to Grod in infancy, and now rejoice over the signal 
blessings that attend his wonderful career. In his earli- 
est years he manifested a great susceptibility to serious 
things, and was often moved by an unusual religious in- 
terest in the community, or by the death of a rehitive. 

At the age of fifteen, under the power of the Holy 
Spirit, he yielded his heart to Jesus. In a meeting at 
Dundee for children, he gave the following account of 
his earliest religious impressions. The first impression 
that was made upon his mind was when he was a little 
boy on his father's farm in Pennsylvania. There was a 
man living on an adjoining farm from Scotland, by the 
name of Fraser. " The very first recollections I have of 
any thing pertaining to a holy life was in connection 
with that man. I remember he took me by the hand, 
along with his own boys, to the Sabbath-school' — that 
old place, which I will remember to my dying day. He 
was a plain man, and I can see him standing up and 
praying for the children. He had a great, warm heart, 
and the children all loved him. It was years after that 
when I was converted, but my impressions were received 
when I was very young from that man." 



46 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

He early developed a love for music, and great profi- 
ciency in sacred melody. He trained the children of the 
Sabbath-school in singing; and after he became a mem- 
ber of the church, he conducted the service of praise in 
the sanctuary. His clear, melodious voice, distinct enun- 
ciation of the words sung, and emotional tones, soon 
attracted general attention, and he was often invited to 
musical circles, and to conduct the singing at public 
meetings and conventions. He became superintendent 
of the Sabbath -school, and was an active worker in 
Young Men's Christian Associations. His cheerful dis- 
position, frank manners, and power of rendering sacred 
song, made him everywhere a welcomed guest. His 
singing often touched the heart, and souls were won by 
it to Jesus. At a children's meeting in Edinburgh, in 
January, 1874, Mr. Sankey related the following inci- 
dent: "I want to speak a word about singing, not only 
to the little folks, but to grown people. During the win- 
ter after the great Chicago fire, when the place was built 
up with little frame houses for the poor people to stay 
in, a mother sent for me one day to come and see her lit- 
tle child, who was one of our Sabbath-school scholars. I 
remembered her very well, having seen her in the meet- 
ings very frequently, and was glad to go. She was ly- 
ing in one of these poor little huts, every thing having 
been burned in the fire. I ascertained that she was past 
all hopes of recovery, and that they were waiting for the 
little one to pass away. ' How is it with you to-day ?' I 
asked. With a beautiful smile on her face, she said, ' It 
is all well with me to-day. I wish you would speak to 
my father and mother.' 'But,' said T, 'are you a Chris- 
tian?' 'Yes.' ' When did you become one?' 'Do you 



SKETCH OF 3IB. SANKET. 47 

remember las.t Thursday, in the Tabernacle, when we had 
that little singing-meeting, and you sung 'Jesus Loves 
even Me?' 'Yes.' 'It was last Thursday I believed 
on the Lord Jesus, and now I am going to be with him 
to-day.' That testimony from that little child, in that 
neglected quarter of Chicago, has done more to stimulate 
me and bring me to this country than all that the pa- 
pers or any persons might say. I remember the joy I 
had in looking upon that beautiful face. She went up 
to heaven, and no doubt said she learned upon the earth 
that Jesus loved her, from that little hymn. If you want 
to enjoy a blessing, go to the bedsides of these bedridden 
and dying ones, and sing to them of Jesus, for they can 
not enjoy these meetings as you do. You will get a 
great blessing to your own soul." 

At a National Convention of Young Men's Christian 
Associations at Indianapolis, Indiana, Mr. Moody first 
heard Mr. Sankey, and was impressed with the remai-k- 
able adaptation of his voice and style of singing to awak- 
en the emotions and carry home religious truth to the 
heart. On conferring together, they found that their 
love of mission work and desires for extended useful- 
ness were mutual, and they agreed to labor together in 
evansrelistic services. 

For two or three years they were associated in Chica- 
go; and the union of Mr. Sankey 's services of song and 
Mr. Moody's fervid expositions and earnest discourses be- 
came a new and recognized power for the extension of 
Christ's kingdom. They visited other cities and towns, 
and both constantly gained in ability to deeply impress 
large assemblies. God was with them, blessing their 
efforts, and preparing them for greater things to come. 



48 THE WORK OF GOD IN GEE AT BRITAIN. 

Mr. Moody has always felt the necessity of devotional 
and stirring music as an essential part of public worship, 
and an aid in preaching the Gospel. It is his belief that 
divine truth may be presented in song as well as in speech, 
and that often it is thus clothed with a marvelously at- 
tractive power. The sweet tones of the human voice 
seem to search down into the hidden chambers of the 
soul, and cause the tenderest chords to vibrate under 
the subtile touch of Gospel truth. Heaven being the 
source whence truth comes, and being filled with music, 
the doctrines of Christianity float in their native element 
when enveloped in sacred song. 

Shortly before leaving America, Mr. Sankey had 
pressing invitations to spend six months in a tour with 
a friend through the cities on the Pacific coast, to sing 
sacred songs. But, after seeking divine direction, he 
was convinced that it was his duty to accompany Mr. 
Moody to Great Britain; and the results abundantly 
show the wisdom of his decision. 

The general and high appreciation of his services in 
every city in w^hich he has sung is testified to by many 
competent witnesses. One writer says : "As a vocalist, 
Mr. Sankey has not many equals. Possessed of a voice 
of great volume and richness, he expresses with exquisite 
skill and pathos the Gospel message, in words very sim- 
ple, but 'replete with love and tenderness,' and always 
with marked effect upon his audience. It is, however, 
altogether a mistake to suppose that the blessing which 
attends Mr. Sankey's efforts is attributable only or chief- 
ly to his fine voice and artistic expression. These, no 
doubt, are very attractive, and go far to move the affec- 
tions and gratify a taste for music; but the secret of Mr. 



SKETCH OF MB. SANKUY. 49 

Sankej's power lies, not in his gift of song, but in the 
spirij; of which the song is only the expression. He, too, 
is a man in earnest, and sings in the full confidence that 
God is working by him. Like his colleague, he likewise 
has a message to lost men from God the Father; and the 
Spirit of God in him finds a willing and effective instru- 
ment in his gift of song, to proclaim in stirring notes the 
'mighty love' of God in Christ Jesus. 'It was a few 
evenings ago,' said a youth in the Young Men's Meeting 
in Koby Chapel, ' when Mr. Sankey was singing in the 
Free Trade Hall " Jesus of Nazareth passeth by," that I 
was made to feel my need of a Saviour; and when he 
came to these words, '' Too late, too late," I said to my- 
self it must not be too late for me, and I took him to my 
heart there and then.' 'I was in great darkness and trou- 
ble for some days,' said a poor woman, rejoicing and yet 
weeping; 'and just a little time ago, when Mr. Sankey 
was singing these words' (pointing to them with her fin- 
ger), ' "And Jesus bids me come," my bonds were broken 
in a moment, and now I am safe in his arms.' 

"Who ever heard of a fine voice and sweet music 
yielding such results as these? It is mere scofiing to 
say that Mr. Moody's touching stories and Mr. Sankey's 
sweet singing are the secret of the power exercised by 
these men. The work is of God, and they are his in- 
struments, each earnestly using, to the best of his ability, 
the gift that God has given him, in the full confidence 
that the blessing will and must follow." 

Another says: "Not a few have been, not unnatural- 
ly, offended by the phrase, 'Singing the Gospel,' which 
was at first used in advertisements; and some have, un- 
fortunately, never taken the trouble to inquire what was 



50 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

meant. But every one who has heard Mr. Sankej sing 
is well aware that his hymns are more than the mere ac- 
cessory to speeches, as they have too often been among us. 
He has taught by example how great is the power of song 
when a man with gifts of music loves the truth of which 
he sings; and the hymns which we have heard him sing, 
with his wonderful distinctness of articulation, unaffected 
feeling, and magnificent voice, will linger in our ears and 
hearts till our dying day. A few weeks have made his 
favorite hymns as familiar to every rank and to every 
age as those older hymns which we have known best and 
longest. Poor sufferers in the wards of the infirmary, 
lone old men and women in dark rooms of our high 
houses and back streets, are now cheered in a way no one 
dreamed of before Mr. Sankey came, by visits from those 
who do not attempt to preach to them, but only to sing 
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. The consoling 
power of song has been tested and proved at many a 
sick-bed, and many a death-bed. And that is not all ; 
for we have been led to see that it is a mistake to con- 
fine song to utterances of praise or prayer in Christian 
meetings. We have learned to value more highly its 
power in instruction. The use of song for instruction 
and for the application of the truth is not new. It is as 
old as David, as old as Moses, but it has received a new 
impetus among us; and we who are called to 'teach and 
admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spirit- 
ual songs,' may well be glad to have been reminded how 
this may be done." 

Another writes: "The admiration of Mr. Sankey's 
music is enthusiastic. When he sings a solo a death- 
like silence reigns, or, as the Irish Times describes it, 



SKETCH OF MR. SANKEY. 51 

'It seems that he only is present in the vast building.' 
When he ceases there is a rustling like the leaves of a 
forest when stirred bj the wind. We might apply to 
him the language of Scripture : ' Lo I thou art unto them 
as a very lovely song of one who hath a pleasant voice, 
and can play well on an instrument.' No one can esti- 
mate the service he has rendered to the Church of Christ 
by the compilation of his book of ' Sacred Songs ' and 
their sweet tunes. They are the delight of all ages. I 
have heard in Scotland that already they are sung in our 
most distant colonies. Ere long I believe that they will 
be sung wherever the English language is spoken over 
the earth. Nor will they be confined to that language, 
for a lady is at present engaged in translating them into 
German. It was Fletcher, of Saltoun, who said, 'Let me 
make the songs of a country, and I care not who make 
its laws.' " 

Mrs. Barbour, with her graphic pen, says : " Mr. Sankey 
sings with the conviction. that souls are receiving Jesus 
between one note and the next. The stillness is over- 
awing ; some of the lines are more spoken than sung. 
The hymns are equally used for awakening, none more 
than 'Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.' When you hear 
the ' Ninety and Nine ' sung, you know of a truth that 
down in this corner, up in that gallery, behind that pil- 
lar which hides the singer's face from the listener, the 
hand of Jesus has been finding this and that and yonder 
lost one, to place them in his fold. A certain class of 
hearers come to the services solely to hear Mr. Sankey, 
and the song throws the Lord's net around them. 

" We asked Mr. Sankey one day what he was to sing. 
He said, 'I'll not know till I hear how Mr. Moody is 



52 THE WORK OF GOD IN QUE AT BRITAIN. 

closing.' Again, we were driving to the Canongate Par- 
ish Church one winter night, and Mr. Sankey said to the 
young minister who had come for him, 'I am thinking 
of singing "I am so Glad" to-night.' 'Oh!' said the 
young man, 'please do rather sing "Jesus of Nazareth." 
An old man told me to-day that he had been awakened 
by it the last night you were down. He said, "It just 
went through me like an electric shock." ' 

"A gentleman in Edinburgh was in distress of soul, 
and happened to linger in a pew after the noon-meeting. 
The choir had remained to practice, and began 'Free from 
the Law, happy Condition,' etc. Quickly the Spirit of 
God carried that truth home to the awakened conscience, 
and he was at rest in the finished work of Jesus. 

"It is interesting to know that there are scarcely two 
of those hymns which Mr. Sankey sings by the same au- 
thor. They have been collected during an eight years' 
experience of the Lord's use of them among believers, 
inquirers, and the careless. In the singing of them he 
seems to become unconscious of every thing but the de- 
sire that the truth should sink deep into the souls of the 
listeners, and that the people who sit in darkness should 
see a great light shining for them from the cross of him 
who hung upon the tree. 

"In a Highland parish, a young man who had lived 
far from God, and seemed to his minister inaccessible to 
the truth, was found one day last summer deeply awaken- 
ed. When asked to what this was owing, he said it was 
in consequence of hearing his little sister sing, 

' When he cometh, Avhen he cometh, 
To make up his jewels.' 

"Perhaps not a week has passed during the last year 



SKETCH OF MB. SANKEY. 53 

in which we have not had evidence that the Lord had 
directly used a line of one of these hymns, in the salva- 
tion of some soul. A young man who had been deeply 
impressed, and was yet unwilling to stay to the inquirers' 
meeting, and about to leave a church, was arrested at the 
door by hearing the choir sing, ' Yet there is Eoom.' He 
felt there was room for him, went back to the pew, and 
after having the truth clearly laid before, him, received 
Christ. 

" The wave of sacred song has spread over Ireland, 
and is now sweeping through England. But, indeed, it 
is not being confined to the United Kingdom alone, for 
away off on the shores of India, and in many other lands, 
these sweet songs of a Saviour's love are being sung. 
Mr. Sankey's collection of sacred songs has been trans- 
lated into five or six languages, and are winging their 
way into tens of thousands of hearts and homes, and the 
blessing of the Lord seems to accompany them wherever 
sung. 

'We may forget the singer, 
But will ne'er forget the song.'" 

Mr. Sankey can speak as well as sing for Jesus ; and 
his earnest words, as we shall see in the following narra- 
tive, have been greatly blessed, as well as his thrilling 
songs. Mr. Sankey in his tour is accompanied by his 
wife and two sons. A third son has been born to them 
in Scotland. Mrs. Sankey is an earnest Christian wom- 
an, and fully sympathizes with her husband in his bless- 
ed work. Both are members of the Methodist Church; 
while his sweet songs float over and inspire multitudes 
in all Christian denominations. 



54 THE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BRITAIN. 



III. 

THE LIGHT KINDLED. 

"A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel." — 
Luke ii., 32. 

In June, 1873, Messrs. Moody and Sankey landed in 
Liverpool. Their efforts in that city being attended by 
no encouragement, they passed on to Yoi"k, where, hav- 
ing sought divine guidance and power, they went forth 
to open upon the strongholds of evil. The progress they 
made was slow, not being aided at first by the clergy, 
and many professing Christians looking upon them with 
suspicion ; and being unknown to the inhabitants, they 
had for a time to rely upon their faith and hope. In 
this reliance they had been so thoroughly drilled in past 
years, that they were prepared for whatever might come. 
At any time they were glad of success; but if difficulties 
and obstacles stood in their way, by overcoming them 
they extracted their power, and added it to their own 
personal force. Those who went out to see them did 
not go to see "reeds shaken with the wind." 

They held their meetings, conversed with sinners, 
prayed to God, and men and women began to ask what 
they must do to be saved. Here they labored a month, 
the meetings increasing in numbers and interest. Mr. 
David Smith, who greatly aided the evangelists, estimates 
the number of converts within his knowledge at about 
two hundred. 



THE LIGHT KINDLED. 65 

Leaving York, and laboring for a time in Sunderland, 
they went, in August, to Newcastle, the residence of the 
late Mr, Bainbridge, who had invited them to England. 
Here the light was kindled that shone over Grreat Brit- 
ain, and revealed the presence of men of God, who had 
come to accomplish his merciful purposes. 

At this time Messrs, Morgan and Scott, of London, 
special friends of Mr. Moody, issued the first edition of 
" The Sacred Songs and Solos sung by Mr. Sankey at 
Gospel meetings, conducted by D. L. Moody." Other 
editions followed, with additional hymns, selected with 
great care with reference to the stirring evangelical 
work, to the success of which they have so largely con- 
tributed. After laboring here for three weeks, God 
granted them rich blessings. 

The following account of the revival is from The 
Christian,^ of liondon, for September 18th, 1873: 

"Every morning at twelve o'clock, in the Music-hall, 
there has been a meeting for prayer, praise, and exhor- 
tation, at which have been gathered from two to three 
hundred people, all earnestly desiring the revival of God's 
work in that irreligious town, and daily bearing before 
God numerous written requests from believers, for their 
unconverted relatives and friends. These prayer-meet- 
ings have been felt by all to be true means of grace to 
the hearts of God's children, and numerous and striking 
have been the answers to prayer for the unconverted. 
Every evening, in the Music-hall and Eye-hill Chapel, 

* I have been informed that Mr. Morgan, one of the publishers of this 
excellent paper, that is reporting with such fullness and accuracy the 
great awakening, was in this country before Mr. Moody's departure, and 
used his influence to have him come to England. 



56 THE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Gospel services have been held, Mr. Moody and Mr. 
Moorhouse preaching the Gospel, and Mr. Sankey sing- 
ing his sweet spiritual songs. At the commencement 
of this glorious work, Eye-hill Chapel, which will accom- 
modate from sixteen to seventeen hundred people, was 
used; but, as many had to go away, not being able to 
get in, it was thought advisable to have two services on 
the same evening; hence the Music-hall, where Mr. Hoyle 
is carrying on a noble work for Jesus, was opened each 
night, and hundreds have attended there to hear the 
preaching of the word ; and many have been born again 
by the regenerating power of the Spirit of God. 

"In connection with these services, Mr. Moody, with 
that indefatigable zeal and fervor which so eminently 
characterize him, announced that he intended to have an 
'all-day' meeting on Wednesday, September 10th, and 
earnestly invited all w^ho could possibly come to attend. 
An all-day meeting was something so novel in the histo- 
ry of religious people in Newcastle, that much w^onder 
was excited as to what would be the result of so bold an 
undertaking. Many anticipated a fiiilure, others thought 
that it might be a success ; but those who felt the reviv- 
ing power of God's love, and had made this meeting a 
matter of earnest prayer, knew that it would not, could 
not fail. According to their faith it was done unto them. 
Wednesday morning broke clear and beautiful. It was 
a day when all nature seemed to be rejoicing in the glad 
sunshine of the great Father's beneficence. 

"At ten o'clock, the hour for the service to commence, 
the wide area of Eye-hill Chapel was about half filled, 
and the people coming in quickly. By eleven o'clock 
the friends from Sunderland, Shields, Jarrow, and neigh- 



THE LIGHT KINDLED. 57 

boring towns, had come in by train, and had occupied 
nearly the whole of the area. At twelve o'clock the mes- 
sage came, ' No more room in the area ; we must throw 
the galleries open.' By two o'clock the galleries were 
well filled, and before the closing hour came round the 
spacious and beautiful chapel was filled with those who 
had left business, home cares and work, pleasure and 
idleness, to come and worship God and hear his word. 
Never was the faith of God's people more abundantly 
satisfied. They asked and it was given, they sought 
and found, they knocked and the door was opened unto 
them. 

"According to the programme which Mr. Moody had 
distributed largely over the town, the first hour of the 
services was to be devoted entirely to prayer and Bible- 
reading. 

"After the singing of that beautiful hymn, 'Sweet 
Hour of Prayer,' Mr. Moody led the devotions of God's 
people at the throne of grace, and then read and com- 
mented on Nehemiah viii., 1-12, where it is stated that 
'all the people gathered themselves together as one man 
. . . .and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the 
book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had command- 
ed Israel.' Mr. Moody clearly brought out the appropri- 
ateness of this Scripture to the services of that day, and 
concluded by unfolding and pressing home to the hearts 
of the people the joyous truth contained in the tenth 
verse, where Ezra said to the people, ' Go your way, eat 
the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them 
for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto 
our Lord : neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the Lord 
is your strength.' 

8^ 



58 THE WORK OF GOD IN ORE AT BRITAIN. 

" Mr. Hojle, Mr. Swinburne, and several of the breth- 
ren spoke from the Word of God on the subject of 
Christian joj, and the hour of prayer and Bible-reading 
was gone before we had well begun to open the Scrip- 
tures. This hour was felt to be exceedingly precious, 
and was received by all as an earnest of what was to 
come. 

" The second hour was devoted to the promises, Mr. 
Moody being the leader. He said he wished the friends 
that day to try to see how rich they were. He thought 
that very few of us had ever fully considered how much 
our loving Father really had promised to us. These 
promises, like precious gems, were to be found in every 
book of the Bible, and that day we might get into the 
company of all God's great men who had passed away, 
and hear what things they had to tell us about our Fa- 
ther's love. We could summon the patriarchs — the 
prophets — the priests — the kings;- we could listen to the 
historians — the biographers — the poets of the Bible; 
and they would all give to us some of the precious prom- 
ises spoken by God, through their lives to the ears of the 
whole world. The meeting was to be quite open and 
free ; not for speeches about promises, but for the read- 
ing forth of these good words of God to our souls. The 
audience at once seemed to catch up the spirit and inten- 
tion of these words, and from every part of the chapel — 
from young and old, from male and female — came pas- 
sage after passage of the Holy Word, declarative of what 
in the boundless fullness of his love the Father has prom- 
ised to all." 

The interest of the meeting had been steadily rising, 
as one Scriptural topic after another had been most de- 



THE LIGHT KINDLED, 59 

ligbtfuUy unfolded, when the last hour was reached, and 
appropriately given to the subject of Heaven. 

" The address was given by Mr. Moody. Having se- 
lected numerous passages of Scripture to prove his points, 
Mr, Moody asked some of the brethren present to read 
them out as he called for them. This was a delightful 
picture — a crowded chapel — hundreds of open Bibles 
ready to be marked w^hen the passage should be an- 
nounced, and the subject uppermost in each mind heav- 
en. The first thought which the speaker called atten- 
tion to was the locality of heaven. He said that his mind 
had once been much distressed by an infidel asking him 
'why he always looked upward when he was addressing- 
God? God was everywhere, and his home w^as just as 
likely to be below as above.' This set Mr. Moody back 
to his Bible to see what it had to say about the matter. 
He was soon quite satisfied that God's home was above. 
The Word said that God, when communing with Abra- 
ham, came down to see whether the people living in the 
cities of the plain had done altogether according to the 
cry that had come to him ; the angels asked the disciples 
on the morning of the ascension why they stood gazing 
wp into heaven ; the same Jesus that had been taken up 
from them into heaven would come again in like man- 
ner. These and similar passages were sufficient proof 
to his mind that the home of God was above, and that 
we obeyed a divine instinct when we 'lifted up' our 
hearts to him there. 

" The locality having been spoken of, the next thought 
was the company gathered together there. Whom have 
we there that heaven should be so dear to us? 

"(1) The Father is there. Heaven is the home, the 



60 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

dwelling-place of Grod. No home is complete without 
the father; and no family is complete unless they can 
include the father among them. Our Father is in heav- 
en. How delightful the thought of one day being with 
him amidst all the joy and splendor of home ! Then (2) 
Jesus is there. He about whom we have read, whose 
Spirit has created us anew in him, whose blood bought 
us, and whose love saved us; Jesus is there; and we 
look to our home in heaven with longing eyes, because 
there, if not before, we shall see him who is crowned 
with glory and honor. Then (3) the angels are there. 
The pure and spotless creations of God, who have known 
nothing of sin and sorrow and travail, who have ever 
lived their life of bright intelligence and holy service in 
the sunshine of God's presence. These are there, and 
we shall meet them, and tell them of something they 
have never felt — the compassion and love of Jesus for 
sinful men. Then (4) there will be the samts, the spirits 
of just men made perfect. All the old heroes of God, 
the warriors and the kings, the prophets and the poets, 
the apostles and the early martyrs, all will be there, and 
we shall be able to hold sweet communion with them 
all ; and our own loved ones, the father and mother, sis- 
ters and brotliers, the babes, and the young and old, they 
will be among this shining band, who swell the ranks 
of the redeemed before the throne of God. Oh what a 
company is there ! Father, Jesus, angels, saints — all who 
have fallen asleep in Jesus — all there ! Waiting for us 
to come. 

"Another point to which Mr. Moody called attention 
was that it is our treasure-house. The only things we 
have or can have, as saints, will be found there. All 



THE LIGHT KINDLED. 61 

else must be left. Death strips of every thing but heav- 
enly treasure. How this should lead us more and more 
to obey the Master's injunction, and seek ' to lay up treas- 
ure in heaven.' It will be there all safe when we want 
it; for there neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and 
thieves do not break through and steal. Not only is 
heaven our treasure-house — it is our reward. There we 
meet with the full fruition of all our labor ; there we re- 
ceive every man his own reward for his own work. No 
mixing up, no confusion; to each is given his full due. 
The Christian need not expect full compensation below ; 
he will not get it. Heaven — and in heaven he will re- 
ceive all that he expects. Mr. Moody next spoke very 
beautifully about heaven being the place where our names 
are written. The disciples of Christ came back to him 
from one of their journeys flushed with victory, because 
even the devils had been subject unto them ; but the 
Master said they had to rejoice because their names were 
written in heaven. Our names have gone on before us. 
Just as a man sends his goods often before him when 
he is traveling, and he himself follows after, just so our 
names have gone on before, and we are journeying after 
them. We are known in heaven before we get there. 
The name of each saint is in the book of life, and it can 
not be blotted out. Then, again, heaven is to be our 
rest. The time to toil and suffer is now. We ought not 
to want to rest here. Mr. Moody, on this point, quoted 
the example which the life of Paul gives us of a man 
who conceived of the present being a life of service, and 
not of rest. The speaker's soul seemed to be set on fire 
with the thought of Paul's labors and consecrated ambi- 
tion to serve the Master; with words of true eloquence 



62 THE WOBK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

he described the sacred passion which Paul had for his 
Master's work, and wound up a splendid panegjnic on 
Paul's character, b}^ wishing that modern Christianity 
could be imbued with some of Paul's fervor. 

" The last point of this noble address was, ' How to 
get to heaven.' And here Mr. Moody found an opportu- 
nity for doing that which is so dear to his heart, name- 
ly, preaching the Gospel of Christ to sinful men. The 
address, which throughout had been interspersed with 
touching and beautiful illustrations, and now and again 
by Mr. Sankey singing, was brought to a close with an 
earnest appeal to all 'to become as little children, and 
so enter the kingdom of heaven.' Once more, as it had 
been many times that day, was our dear brother San- 
key's voice heard giving his beautiful rendering of one 
of his choice solos, and when the benediction had been 
pronounced, and the six hours' service had come to a 
close, all present felt that the time had gone too quickly. 
The place of meeting had been none other than the house 
of G-od and the gate of heaven. Thus ended the 'all- 
day' meeting, but, thank God, not thus ended the mem- 
ory of it; that will live till the last year of our lives, and 
many a soul traveling home to God will think of it as 
one of the deep pools by the way dug by the hand of a 
loving God for the refreshment of his children. 

"In the evening a Gospel service was held, Messrs. 
Moody and Moorhouse speaking; the chapel was filled 
to overflowing, and many souls went away having found 
peace in Jesus." 

Our limits will not allow us to follow in detail the 
numerous meetings held at Newcastle. They were the 
types and forerunners, and bore the characteristics of the 



THE LIGHT KINDLED. 63 

great meetings we are to describe, that were to follow in 
the large cities. The same measures were adopted, the 
same stirring effects were produced upon all classes, and 
the same results seen in the quickening of Christian pro- 
fessors and the conversion of sinners. Here God set up 
his tabernacle that was to accompany these brethren in 
their march through the whole land. Here he appeared 
in the cloud of mercy by day, and in the pilhir of fire, 
the token of his presence by niglit. Nor did the Israel- 
ites follow more closely the guiding cloud, resting when 
it rested, and moving when it moved, than these servants 
of the Most High God followed the guidance of the di- 
vine Spirit. 

The hour had arrived for the departure of the evan- 
gelists from Newcastle. A meeting had been held of 
delegates, who had come together from several counties, 
to consider the work of God. They had sent "to all the 
region round about, and called the elders of the church," 
and now they were "sorrowing most of all for the words 
which they spake, that they should see their face no 
more." " Never," says an eye-witness, " shall we forget 
Mr. Moody's farewell address to these. He would not 
say 'Good-bye!' No! 'Good-night' rather, and meet 
them all in the morning, in the dawn of eternal day. 
Then strong men bowed and wept out their manly sor- 
row like children, blessed children as they w^ere of the 
same great Father; and one of our brothers lifted our 
American friends up in the arms of love in prayer to our 
heavenly Father, the Jubilee Singers singing thereupon, 
' Shall we meet beyond the River?' Then came the ben- 
ediction. The business was over, and the grand occasion 
past, the memory thereof to die no more. 



64 THE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

"Although our friends took leave thus of the country 
brethren, they tarried with us, the people of Newcastle, 
yet a while. On that Wednesday night, Thursday night, 
and Friday, were immense meetings, attended by thou- 
sands, overflowing into neighboring churches, although 
Brunswick Place Chapel would itself hold two thou- 
sand. At these Messrs. Moody and Sankey were pres- 
ent. Scores were converted. They were present at the 
noonday meetings of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 
at the last of which between two and three thousand 
people met from eleven to half past one o'clock. On Fri- 
day there was a midnight meeting, and four were rescued 
from sin and shame. The Saturday meeting was the -last 
attended by Mr. Moody. Hundreds had private conver- 
sation with him afterward, and crowds went with him to 
the station, en route for Carlisle." 

While the revival w^as progressing at Newcastle, 
Messrs. Moody and Sankey made short visits to Dar- 
lington, Stockton, Middlesborough, Jarrow, North and 
South Shields, and Carlisle. In these fields they planted 
the precious seed, leaving others to water it, and God to 
give the increase. 



THE WORK IN SCOTLAND.* 



I. 

EDINBURGH. 



"He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubt- 
less come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." — Psalm 
cxxvi., 6. 

Scotland is no stranger to especial outpourings of 
God's Spirit. In the sixteenth century, under the bold 
preaching of John Knox, all classes felt his power, from 
the throne to the humblest cottage. An English am- 
bassador said that his preaching " put more life into him 
than six hundred trumpets." Under his earnest appeals 
many soldiers enlisted in the Christian army ; long-es- 
tablished evils were broken up ; and we doubt if the vi- 
brations caused by his spiritual thunder have yet ceased 
in the nation. 

* For the narrative given in the following pages, I am chiefly indebted 
to The Christian and The British Evangelist, published in London, The 
Witness, of Belfast, and the two weekly journals, Signs of our Times, and 
Times of Blessing. As I draw the materials from various sources, I have 
not thought it best to interrupt the flow of a continuous narrative by con- 
stant allusions to my authorities, though many are given. My aim is to 
present as condensed and vivid a view as possible of the great awakening 
in each city, mainly obtained from these most excellent and trustworthy 
British journals. 



QQ THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

In 1741, by invitation of the Erskines, Whitefield vis- 
ited Scotland, and preached in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and 
Aberdeen, with great success. His matchless eloquence 
and spiritual fervor drew vast throngs ; and his com- 
munion services were, at times, administered in the 
presence of nearly twenty thousand people. 

But now there enter Edinburgh two men bearing the 
humble title of evangelists. They have neither the intel- 
lectual strength of John Knox, nor the glowing and lofty 
eloquence of George Whitefield ; they are plain men, en- 
dued with power from on high. They come b}^ invitation 
of those who have heard of the Lord's doings in Newcastle. 
Mr. Kelman, of Leith, went twice to Newcastle to see if 
the reports of what they had heard were true. He re- 
turned overflowing with joy, and full of glowing expec- 
tations for Scotland. 

Messrs. Moody and Sankey reached Edinburgh about 
the middle of November, 1873. The prominent clergy- 
men and laymen of the city received them with hearty 
cordiality. 

Dr. Thompson, who had taken the deepest interest in 
the meetings, says, under date of December 9th, 1873 : 
"I should consider it a very superfluous work to say 
any thing of the trustworthiness of these excellent men. 
They have come among us, not as unknown adventurers 
without ' letters of commendation,' but as long-tried and 
honored laborers in the fields of evangelism in their own 
country, and more recently in Newcastle and other towns 
in the North of England, where there appears to have 
been a pentecostal blessing, in which every denomination 
of Christians has shared. And the ministers and elders 
and deacons of our different churches that have gather- 



EDINBURGH. 67 

ed around them every evening, and shared with them 
in their blessed work, prove the confidence in which they 
are held by those upon whom the Christian people of 
Edinburgh are accustomed to rely. 

"The service of song conducted by Mr. Sankey, in 
which music is used as the handmaid of a Gospel minis- 
try, has already been described in your columns. I have 
never found it objected to except by those who have not 
witnessed it. Those who have come and heard have de- 
parted with their prejudices vanquished, and their hearts 
impressed. We might quote, in commendation of this 
somewhat novel manner of preaching the Gospel, the 
words of good George Herbert : 

* A verse may win him who the Gospel flies, 
And turn delight into a sacrifice.' 

"There is nothing of novelty in the doctrine which 
Mr. Moody proclaims. It is the old Gospel — old, yet al- 
ways fresh and young too, as the living fountain or the 
morning sun — in which the substitution of Christ is 
placed in the centre, and presented with admirable dis- 
tinctness and decision. It is spoken with impressive di- 
rectness, not as by a man half convinced, and who seems 
always to feel that a skeptic is looking over his shoulder, " 
but with a deep conviction of the truth of what he says, 
as if, like our own Andrew Fuller, he could ' venture his 
eternity on it,' and with a tremendous earnestness, as if 
he felt that 'if he did not speak the very stones would 
cry out.' The illustrations and anecdotes, drawn princi- 
pally from his strangely varied life, are so wisely chosen, 
so graphically told, and so well applied as never to fail 
in hitting the mark. 



68 THE WORK OF GOD IN OMEAT BRITAIN. 

"I wisTi once more to call attention to one essential 
feature in the action of these good men — the daily noon- 
day meeting for prayer. It began some weeks ago in an 
upper room in Queen Street Hall. That was filled after 
a few days. Next it was transferred to the large hall, 
which is capable of holding twelve hundred persons. It 
was not long ere this became overcrowded, and now 
there are full meetings every day in the Free Assem- 
bly Hall, which is capable of holding some hundreds 
more. It is a fact with a meaning in it, that simulta- 
neously with the increase in the noonday meeting for 
prayer, has been the increase in attendance in Broughton 
Place Church at the evening addresses, and also in the 
number of inquirers afterward. Before the end of last 
week every inch of standing-ground in our large place 
of worship was occupied with eager listeners, and hun- 
dreds were obliged to depart without being able to ob- 
tain so much as a sight of the speaker. The number of 
inquirers gradually rose from fifty to a hundred per 
night, and on Monday evening of this week, when the 
awakened and those who professed to have undergone 
the 'great change,' were gathered together in our church 
hall, to be addressed by Mr. Moody, no other persons be- 
ing admitted, there were nearly three hundred present, 
and even these were only a part of the fruits of one week. 
I wish to give prominence to the statement that the per- 
sons who conversed with the perplexed and inquiring 
were ministers, elders, and deacons, and qualified private 
members of our various churches; and also Christian 
matrons and Bible women, as far as their valuable serv- 
ices could be secured. 

"And now, at the close of the week of special services 



EDINBURGH. 69 

in Broughton Place Church, I wish to repeat the state- 
ment in your paper which I made on Monday in the As- 
sembly Hall, that there is no week in my lengthened 
ministry upon which I look back with such grateful joy. 
I would not for the wealth of a world have the recollec- 
tion of what I have seen and heard during the past week 
blotted out from my memory. When Howe was chap- 
lain to Cromwell at Whitehall, he became weary of the 
turmoil and pomp of the palace, and wrote to his ' dear 
and honored brother,' Eichard Baxter, telling him how 
much he longed to be back again to his beloved work at 
Torrington. ' I have devoted myself,' he said, ' to serve 
God in the work of the ministry, and how can I want 
the pleasure of hearing their cryings and complaints who 
have come to me under convictions.' I have shared 
with many beloved brethren during the past week in 
this sacred pleasure, and it is like eating of angels' bread, 
first to hear the cry of conviction, and yet more to hear 
at length the utterance of the joy of reconciliation and 
peace ! 

"I was much struck by the variety among the in- 
quirers. There were present from the old man of seven- 
ty-five to the youth of eleven, soldiers from the Castle, 
students from the University, the backsliding, the intem- 
perate, the skeptical, the rich and the poor, the educated 
and the uneducated ; and in how many instances were 
the wounded healed, and the burdened released! 

"It may be encouraging to Christian parents and 
teachers to be told that very much of this marvelous 
blessing, when once begun in a house, has spread through 
the whole family, and those who already had the knowl- 
edge of divine truth in their minds by early Christian 



70 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

education, formed bj far the largest proportion of the 
converts. The seed was there^ sleeping in the soil, which 
the influence from above quickened into life. 

" There was a considerable number of skeptics among 
the inquirers, but their speculative doubts and difficul- 
ties very soon became of no account when they came to 
have a proper view of their sins. Some have already 
come to tell me of their renunciation of unbelief, and 
their discipleship to Christ. One has publicly announced 
that he can no longer live in the ice-house of cold nega- 
tions, and has asked Mr. Moody to publish the address 
which brought light to his heart, and to circulate it far 
and wide over the land. 

"I witnessed no excesses in the inquiry -rooms, but 
there was often deep and melting solemnity, sometimes 
the sob of sorrow, and the whispered prayer of contrition 
or gratitude. There must, however, occur at times im- 
prudent things and excesses, in connection with even the 
best works that have imperfect though good men em- 
ployed about them. But cold criticism that is in search 
of faults, or ultra-prudence that attempts nothing from 
fear of making mistakes, is not the temper in which to 
regard such events. I would not dare to take either of 
these positions, 'lest haply I should be found to be 
fighting against God.' 

" I have already expressed my high appreciation of 
Mr. Moody's manner of addressing. If some think that 
it wants the polished elegance of certain of our home 
orators, it has qualities that are far more valuable; and 
even were it otherwise, the great thing is to have the 
gospel of the grace of God clearly and earnestly preached 
to the multitudes who are crowding every night to listen 



EDINBURGH. 71 

to him. When the year of jubilee came in ancient times 
among the Jews, I suspect the weary bond-slave or the 
poor debtor cared little whether it was proclaimed to him 
with silver trumpets or with rams' horns, if he could 
only be assured that he was free." 

MEETING FOR INQUIRERS. 

^^Monday, December 8th. — This evening there was a 
prayer-meeting in Dr. Thompson's church, and the inquir- 
ers met Mr. Moody in the room below, along with those 
who had been recently converted. About seventy stood 
np and told of the blessing they had received through 
Mr. Moody's preaching, and the Word of God, as it had 
been brought before their minds. This indicates a con- 
siderable awakening ; for I judge that for every one who 
comes to the inquiry-meeting to be conversed with, there 
must be nine who go home with the arrow of conviction 
in their souls. Few could summon up courage to go 
there and face strangers. The most part go home to 
weep and pray, and read and ponder alone. 

" There has been some very blessed work this even- 
ing. There was a goodly number of inquirers, and men 
and w^omen well qualified to speak with them. We 
were occupied with four young men for the greater part 
of the evening, and they all professed faith in Christ, but 
we fear they only saw men as trees walking; but if there 
is life the liberty will come by-and-by. On going to ask 
Mr. Moody to come to speak with them, I found him at 
the door trying to find out the condition of all that went 
out. Just as I went up to him, he was saying to three 
ladies, 'Oli, surely you will not think of leaving without 
Christ. This gentleman will converse with you.' 



72 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

''And SO saying, he got them down on a seat, and me 
beside them, and left. I could judge from their Bibles, 
that were well marked, that they were not careless per- 
sons, but probably Christians who would not like to 
commit themselves by saying they were 'saved,' but 
who had a secret trust in Christ; and I think I was 
right, for no sooner did I bring before them in an ear- 
nest and personal way one or two texts, than they seemed 
deeply interested ; and as they were troubled that they 
had not sufficient conviction of sin, they appeared to be 
greatly helped by being told that I had no deep convic- 
tion of sin — in fact, no appreciable conviction of sin at 
all; but that I felt a want, and was drawn to Christ 
by his personal loveliness, and that the sin crisis came a 
year afterward. After this I took them to the precious 
Word, in Eomans iii., 24-26, and they all professed faith 
in Jesus; and I gave them back into Mr. Moody's hands, 
and they all left confessing Christ. At this very mo- 
ment a lady came to me and said, 'Dear sir, will you 
come and see a girl over in yon corner that nobody can 
make any thing of? She says she came to hear Mr. 
Moody preach ; she has never been able to get here be- 
fore, and he has not preached, and she is disappointed 
and angry, and says she did not come here to be spoken 
to.' I went at once, asked her to come to a quiet place 
where I could see her alone; but she sat like a marble 
statue, and refused to come. I went to her and tried to 
win her confidence, but could not get her to enter into 
conversation. At first I tried her with Acts xiii., 38, 89, 
which had been so blessed to others, but I felt it was use- 
less, and the sentiment in the word of Jesus being pres- 
ent in my mind, ' This kind goeth not out but by prayer 



EDINBURGH. 73 

and fasting,' I looked for direction, and turned to 1 Peter 
ii., 24. She felt for her handkerchief. I looked in her 
face and saw a tear trickling down her cheek, and at 
length I heard her speak. 'What are you saying?' I 
inquired. 'That was my father's text;' and she wiped 
away her tears, and told me how her father had died pre- 
pared for heaven eight months ago, and this was the text 
he had rested on. 'And you believe your father is in 
heaven ?' ' ' Yes.' 'And you, too, can be prepared, now, 
just where you sit, to be with your father in heaven, 
and with the Lord Jesus, just by believing your father's 
text' I felt deeply interested in her case, and by enter- 
ing sympathetically into her great sorrow, gained her at- 
tention to the Gospel, and she left professing faith in her 
father's text and her father's God. He knows her heart. 
May he finish the work he has begun ! 

" Next day, as I was talking to' a Free Church minis- 
ter, and telling him of this interesting case, and the di- 
rection I got to the right word, he told me it was all 
true, for he was the minister who visited the dying fa- 
ther, and that he had given him the text, 'Who his own 
self bare our sins in his own body on the tree;' and he 
continued, ' I had a hope of him ' (he took his word back, 
and said), 'I should not say hope^ but more than hope; 
the man died a believer in Christ.' He said he would 
call for her and look after her. Do not those leadings 
look remarkably like as if she were a sheep of Christ's 
fold, and that the Good Shepherd is raising up one means 
after another, to get her laid upon his shoulder? One 
iinder-shepherd is sent to call her by the Gospel, another 
to shepherd her in the right ways of the Lord. 

"After this, when standing near the door, the lady 

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74 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

who had got relief regarding sinning away the Holy 
Ghost, came up to me and said, 'I wanted to see you, to 
tell you how astonished I was, on going home and seeing 
your name on the book given me, to find that you were 
the author of " The Blood of Jesus," a book given me in 
Australia, on my marriage, by my husband's aunt; and 
it was the first religious book I ever read with any inter- 
est. It struck me much that, after traveling round the 
world, I should come into contact with the author of that 
book, to be set at liberty, that I might rejoice in God's 
salvation. The circle is now completed, and I am saved.' 
Her husband is in America, and she is here under an 
eminent physician. Her soul is free. May the Lord 
bless and keep her through faith unto salvation I'^ 

NECESSITY AND POWER OF PRAYER. 

As a prominent agency in this great revival, we 
should not overlook the earnest prayers of God's chil- 
dren before the arrival of the evangelists, and during 
their labors. It is evident that the depth, extent, and 
permanency of the work are measured by the amount 
of prayer that precedes and accompanies it. 

The following appeal for united and fervent supplica- 
tion to God was sent to every minister of every denom- 
ination in Scotland. Would that every minister in 
America would read it, and plead for a merciful visit 
from on high, to our own beloved land ! Would that 
all who love our Lord Jesus Christ might send to the 
throne of grace their united supplications for manifesta- 
tions of the Spirit that shall move our entire population ! 

Edinburgh is now enjoying signal manifestations of grace. Many of the 
Lord's people are not surprised at this. In October and November last, 



EDINBURGH. 7o 

they met from time to time to pray for it. They hoped that they might 
have a visit from Messrs. Moody and Sankey, of America, but they very 
earnestly besought the Lord that he would deliver them from depending 
upon them, or on any instrumentality, and that he himself would come with 
them, or come before them. He has graciously answered that prayer, and 
his own presence is now wonderfully manifested, and is felt to be among 
them. God is so affecting the hearts of men that the Free Church Assem- 
bly Hall, the largest public building in Edinburgh, is crowded every day at 
noon with a meeting for prayer ; and that building, along with the Estab- 
lished Church Assembly Hall, overflows eveiy evening when the Gospel is 
preached. But the numbers that attend are not the most remarkable fea- 
ture. It is the presence and the power of the Holy Ghost, the solemn 
awe, the prayerful, believing, expectant spirit, the anxious inquiry of un- 
saved souls, and the longing of believers to grow more like Christ — their 
hungering and thirsting after holiness. The hall of the Tolbooth Church, 
and the Free High Church, are nightly attended by anxious inquirers. 
All denominational and social distinctions are entirely merged. All this 
is of the God of Grace. 

Another proof of the Holy Spirit's presence is, that a desire has been 
felt and expressed in these meetings that all Scotland should share the 
blessing that the capital is now enjoying. 

It is impossible that our beloved friends from America should visit every 
place, or even all those to which they have been urged to go. But this is 
not necessary. The Lord is willing himself to go wherever he is truly in- 
vited. He is waiting. The Lord's people in Edinburgh, therefore, would 
affectionately entreat all their brethren throughout the land to be importu- 
nate in invoking him to come to them, and to dismiss all doubt as to his 
being willing to do so. 

The week of prayer, from the 4th to the 11th of January next, affords a 
favorable opportunity for combined action. In every town and hamlet let 
there be a daily meeting for prayer during that week, and also as often as 
may be before it. In Edinburgh the hour is from twelve to one o'clock, and 
where the same hour suits other places, it would be pleasing to meet togeth- 
er in faith at the throne of grace. But let the prayers not be formal, un- 
believing, unexpecting, but short, fervent, earnest entreaties, mingled with 
abounding praise and frequent short exhortations ; and let them embrace 
the whole world, that God's way may be known upon earth, his saving 
health among all nations. If the country will thus fall on their knees, the 
God who has filled our national history Avith the wonders of his love will 
come again, and sui-prise even the strongest believers by the unprecedented 



76 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

tokens of his grace. " Call unto me and I will answer thee, and show 
thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not." 

W. G. Blaikie, D.D., Professor, New College. 

Charles J. Brown, D.D., Free North Church. 

JajMes Balfour, 13 Eton Terrace. 

H. Calderwood, Professor of Moral Philosophy. 

Lawrence G. Carter, Charlotte Street Baptist Chapel. 

A. W. Charteris, D.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism. 

John Cooper, late of Fala, U.P. 

G. D. CuLLEN, Royal Terrace. 

Cavan, 12 Lennox Street. 

Alexander Duff, D.D. 

William Dickson, 38 York Place. 

David Dickson, Merchiston. 

F. Brown Douglas, 21 Moray Place. 

William Grant, Bristo Place Baptist Chapel. 

William Hanna, D.D., 16 Magdala Crescent. 

John Kelman, Free St. John's, Leith. 

Robert Macdonald, D.D.. Free North, Leith. 

James Macgregor, D.D,, Professor, New College. 

John Macmurtree, St. Bernard's Church. 

John Millar, 26 York Place. 

W, Scott Moncrieff, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church. 

John Morgan, Viewforth Free Church. 

David M'Laren, Redfern House. 

Duncan M'Laren, Jun., Newington House. 

Samuel Newnam, Baptist Churcli, Dublin Street. 

Maxwell Nicholson, D.D., St. Stephen's Clun-ch. 

Polavarth, Mertoun House. 

Robert Rainy, D.D., Professor, New College. 

James Robertson, U.P. , Newington. 

Moody Stuart, Free St. Luke's. 

E. Erskine Scott, 25 Melville Street. 

Andrew Thompson, D.D., Broughton Place Church, 

John Wemyss, Richmond Place Congregational Church. 

Alexander Whyte, St. George's Free Church. 

NiNiAN Wight, Congregational Church. 

George Wilson, Tolbooth Parish Church. 

J. H. Wilson, Barclay Free Church. 

John Young, U. P., Newington. 



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The vital connection between prayer and faith is 
illustrated in Mr. Moody's address, in Free Assembly 
Hall, December 11th. He spoke from Mark ix., 14-30 — 
verse 19: "Bring him unto me." "Some complain that 
their prayers are not answered, but that is no reason for 
being weary or waxing faint. The thing is to inquire 
the reason why God keeps back answers to them. 

"A lady came to me to-day, and said that she feared 
her two sons were not going to be saved, but they will 
be if she continues to pray for them. Never did a sin- 
ner come to Christ yet that the devil did not throw him 
down, and try to prevent him. Yerse 21 : 'Of a child.' 

" This was a hard case ; he had inherited it. Verse 
23 : 'If thou canst believe, all things are possible.' You 
can not believe, mother of these two sons ; if you did, 
you would have the conversion of your sons. Oh, how 
easy it is for God to take the accursed appetite out of 
the most abandoned drunkard, and restore him to a right' 
mind ; as easy for him to save, as for me to turn my 
hand round ! 

" ' I charge thee, come out of him.' A little time of 
praying and fasting, of being alone with God, of inquiry 
of him in what way we hinder his blessing us — that is 
the thing which we want. 

"During the American war, when husbands, fathers, 
and brothers were away on the battle-fields, their wives, 
daughters, and mothers learned to pray, and many an 
hour was spent by them in their closets alone with God. 
The results w^ere marvelous, and that, too, in the case of 
the wickedest and most depraved men in the army. 

"One day, at Nashville, a great, strong, wicked-look- 
ing soldier came to me trembling. Tic said he had got 



78 THE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

a letter from his sister, six hundred miles away, and 
she said that she prayed to God, night after night, that 
he should be saved, and he said he could not stand to 
hear that, and he had come to give himself to Christ; 
and there and then we knelt down together in prayer to 
God, he crushed and broken in heart. 

"Oh, what a privilege we have in coming to God in 
prayer about our friends ! Our prayers may not be an- 
swered to-day: we may be in our graves before they 
are; but assuredly they will be answered some time. 

"Another soldier came to me and said he had got a 
letter from his mother, saying that she prayed morning, 
noon, and night for his conversion ; that this letter might 
be the last he would ever get from her, as he might be 
killed in battle. 'I said when I got it, that I would 
wait till the war was over, and I would go home and 
settle down, and be a Christian ; but I hear to-day that 
mother is dead, that that letter was the last she ever 
wrote, so I have come to give myself to my mother's 
God:' which he did. Both these men found peace in 
Jesus, and became bright and shining lights in the 
army." 

From Saturday, December 13th, to January 4th, vari- 
ous meetings w^ere held of thrilling interest. One was 
a men's meeting at the Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, at 
half-past eight o'clock, December 29th, which was attend- 
ed by about three thousand persons, belonging to the 
poorer classes. The Eev. Mr. Morgan opened this meet- 
ing with prayer. 

Mr. Moody began his address by telling the well- 
known story about Rowland Hill and Lady Erskine. 
Her ladj^ship was driving past a crowd of people to 



EDINBURGH. 79 

whom Hill was preaching. She asked who the preacher 
was, and on being informed told her coachman to drive 
nearer, Rowland Hill, seeing her approach, asked who 
she was, and when he was told he said there was a soul 
there for sale. Who would bid, he asked, for Lady Er- 
skine's soul? There was Satan's offer. He would give 
pleasure, honor, position, and, in fact, the whole world. 
There was also, he said, the offer of the Lord Jesus, who 
would give pardon, peace, joj, rest, and at last heaven 
and glory. He then asked Lady Erskine which of these 
bids she would accept. Ordering her coachman to open 
her carriage-door, she pressed her wa}^ through the crowd 
to where the preacher was, and said, "Lord Jesus, I give 
my soul to Thee ; accept of it." 

Mr. Moody went on to urge on his hearers to give 
themselves there and then to the same Saviour who was 
that day preached in the hearing of Lady Erskine, and 
accepted by her. He brought out the freeness of the 
Gospel offer, and the importance of immediately closing 
with it. He mentioned several instances of conversion 
— one of them concerning a soldier, who had been at the 
meeting of the previous night in that sam.e hall, and who 
had afterward gone up to the Assembly Hall, had re- 
ceived Christ there, and was now professing himself a 
Christian man. 

Mr. Sankey sung several of his hymns — "The Life- 
boat," "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by," and "The Prod- 
igal Child" being among them. 

The meeting on Sunday night (December 28th) seems 
to have been the most extraordinary of all these meet- 
ings. Though there were about five thousand persons 
present, the most perfect order was observed, and tlie 



80 THE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

deepest interest manifested in ttie proceedings. After 
this meeting was over, hundreds pressed up to the Free 
Assembly Hall, and when the question was put if there 
were any there anxious about their souls and desiring to 
be saved, the whole body rose to their feet in answer to 
the question. The interest shown was such as man}^ of 
those present had never before seen, in the course of a 
long ministry among the people. Mr. Moody expressed 
himself as more impressed by it than he had been by 
any thing he had ever before seen. 

ASSURANCE. 

Mr. Moody gave an address on assurance to a crowded 
audience, citing many passages to prove that the believer 
now has eternal life; and that it is as impossible for a true 
son of God to cease to occupy that relation to his Maker, 
as it is for a child to cease to be the son of bis earthly 
father. Once a son always a son, was as true in the one 
case as in the other. God did not, he remarked, leave 
them without a test whether or not they were his chil- 
dren. If they had God's love in their hearts they would 
be full of love for all men — enemies as well as friends ; 
and if they had not this, they would have good reason 
to doubt if they were saved. He went on to explain 
the meaning of the passage that God chastens whom he 
loves when they commit sin, expressing his belief that 
believers were punished in this world for their transgres- 
sions, while the punishment of unbelievers was reserved 
for a future state. He enlarged upon the repeated assur- 
ance in the Scriptures that God is keeping for his chil- 
dren an incorruptible inheritance, and preserving them 
for it by his power. He spoke of the impossibility, in 



EDINBURGH, 81 

these circumstances, of Satan plucking tbem out of his 
hand, and exhorted young converts not to be discouraged 
because they now and then found themselves tripping in 
the endeavor to pursue the Christian's path in life. Such 
lapses he attributed to the Adam-nature that was pos- 
sessed by all in this life, and was always warring against 
the new nature that God had given his people at their 
conversion. These and other truths he enforced by con- 
stant reference to the Bible, allowing it rather than him- 
self to convey them to the congregation. Dr. Thom- 
son prayed, and gave out the psalms and hymns during 
the service. 

WATCH-NIGHT MEETING TO BRING IN THE NEW YEAR. 

December Zlst, 1873. — An hour before 8 P.M. the hall 
was being packed, and when the Tolbooth Church-bells 
began to toll for that meeting, there was not a vacant spot. 
Four hours were allowed for any one to sing, pray, or say 
any thing. He was to do just as the Holy Spirit moved 
him. The Jubilee Singers or Mr. Sankey might interrupt 
Mr. Moody by singing if they chose, or any one could 
speak to the point which he touched upon. There were 
many " I wills " in the Bible which ought to be looked 
out and marked; but he meant to speak a little to-night 
on seven "I wills" of Christ: Matt, iv., 19; x, 32; xi., 
28; Luke v., 12, 13; John vi., 37; xiv., 16; xvii., 24. 

Mr. Sankey sung the "Water of Life." Mr. Moody 
read Luke v., 12, 13: "I will; be thou clean." 

"Some men say they are too vile to be received by 
Christ, but he says 'I will.' John Bunyan was such a 
vile sinner that I do not suppose the society of Bedford 
would receive him, but Christ did. 'Lord, if thou wilt, 

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82 THE WORK OF OOD IX GREAT BRITAIN. 

thou canst make me clean. I will : be thou clean, and 
immediately his leprosy departed from him.' If there is 
a man here with any sin to-night he may come to Christ 
and be cleansed, and enter 1874 with a ' new creation.' 
There was an abandoned drunkard in America, so lost 
that all his friends forsook him. He came to Christ, and 
is now perhaps the finest orator that ever lived. Jesus 
Christ loves you, pities you, and will cleanse you if you 
come to him. Kings call round them great men, but 
Jesus calls the vilest round him." [The Jubilee Singers 
here burst into " Come, come to Jesus."] " ' Whosoever 
shall confess me before men, him will I confess also be- 
fore my father which is in heaven.' After 'come and be 
made clean by Christ' comes the 'I will' of confession. 
"We require boldness to confess Christ. Men in this 
country think it the highest honor to be received at 
Court or mentioned in Parliament, and our generals dur- 
ing the war strove to be spoken of in Congress. Christ 
will mention us, if we are confessors, before his father in 
heaven. It is a great mistake not to encourage confes- 
sion in young converts. The first thing should be for 
them to go home and tell the great things the Lord has 
done for them, and the next is to tell it out to the Church. 
Jesus asked them, Whom do men say that I am ? Some 
say John the Baptist, Elias, Jeremias. But Peter, 'Whom 
do you say that I am ?' As if Christ just longed for some 
one to confess him; and if we do so, he will confess us 
before his father and the angels of heaven. When I 
visited Boston, I saw many gray heads there, but a lit- 
tle tow-headed Norwegian boy got up at a meeting and 
said, ' If I tell the world about Jesus, he will tell his Fa- 
ther about me.' 



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"At Newcastle, a lady, when I asked her to do so, said 
she could not do it, but she managed to do it when she 
tried. What is the result? She has since then brought 
a hundred people to Christ. It is a very nervous thing 
to do at first. I trembled in every limb when I first 
stood up for Jesus; and when I sat down, I said to my- 
self, 'Moody, you have made a fool of yourself;' and that 
I have been doing for Christ's sake ever since." 

Mr. James Balfour said : " There was not any thing 
more difficult than the confession of Christ at home, in 
the counting-house, in •the shop." 

Colonel Davidson said : "There is nothing more diffi- 
cult than to confess Christ in a barrack-room. A brave 
soldier, who had won the Victoria Cross, told me that 
he was ashamed to pray before all the men, and used to 
do so in bed ; but one night he felt that was cowardly, 
so he sprang up and knelt down, expecting a shower of 
boots at his head; but no! he was not disturbed, and 
the men showed him more respect ever afterward." 

The 54th Paraphrase, " I'm not ashamed to own my 
Lord," was sung. 

Eev. Mr. Grant said: "In the memoir of J. Angel 
James there is an account of two young men who occu- 
pied the same room, and read the Bible together. An- 
other was coming, and they were not sure how they 
would act. The stranger came, and he hesitated about 
taking out his Bible before them, and they were sitting 
silent; but he at last summoned courage and took his 
Bible from his box, and at once the two others joyfully 
joined him. Angel James and they continued to read 
and pray together." 

Mr. Moody : " In Cleveland, Ohio, fifteen hundred pco- 



84 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

pie were brought in just througli some young men 
preaching. Many are lost to the Church — not to Christ, 
but to the Church — by the want of confession. My 
friend Mr. Balfour, says, ' Confess Christ at home.' Yes, 
at first ; but when converted it is very important to 
make a stand, and confess Christ everywhere. If the 
Church has been the instrument of conversions, the new 
converts should tell it to the Church. Of course in do- 
ing so they will make mistakes at first, but that keeps 
them humble. ' Howbeit Jesus suffered him not ; but 
saith unto him. Go home to thy* friends, and tell them 
how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath 
bad compassion on thee ' (Mark v., 19). He was to go 
home first, but after that he went to Decapolis, and the 
whole region was stirred by his preaching, and ' all men 
did marvel.' Christ said, ' Gro home,' go preaching. No 
bishop ordained him, but off he went at once, and the ef- 
fect was marvelous. Take another case (John ix., 9): 
' Some said, This is he : others said. He is like him : but 
he said, I am he.' It cost him something to say ' I am 
he.' He was right there. I like that man, and wish I 
knew his name. 

'"A man that is called Jesus' (verse 11). He is get- 
ting on ! He shows how it was done : so those young 
converts could tell last Monday how they were convert- 
ed, though they could not preach then ; but soon they 
will be preaching (verse 15). We are too cautious. We 
should have a ' witness meeting,' where each would stand 
up and tell what the Lord has done for him. It an't the 
cleverest speaker in the witness-box who has the most 
power on the jury. It is the man who has most of the 
truth. If I become a child of God, why not tell it out 



EDINBURGH. 85 

(verse 17) ? He is advancing farther still, and like young 
converts, speaks of the Master himself (verse 25). They 
now tried to make the man believe that he was not born 
blind, but that would not do. I know, for all that, that 
for all these years I have been groping about in dark- 
ness, seeking some one to lead me by the hand or I would 
fall, and now I see ; you can't get me out of that. I know 
it too well to disbelieve it. Confession is very important. 
That is the reason why it takes up so much room in 
Scripture. He had told them twice ; he is preaching 
now (verses 30-33). Ha! he is farther and farther on 
still : no one could preach better theology than that ! 
Quite as good as if he had been taught in college or theo- 
logical seminary. It was noble testimony. 'And they 
cast him out ' — a hard case, and if you and I bear such 
testimony before it, the world will cast us out too, and 
well if they did. Let them cut your acquaintance — the 
sooner the better (verse 35). Jesus soon found him out. 
He came seeking him, and soon found him (verse 38). 
Lord, I believe, and he worshiped Plim. Isn't it glori- 
ous? Yes; he was cast out by the world, right into the 
loving bosom of Christ !" 

Eev. Mr. Arnot prayed tenderly. 

Captain M'Kenzie said : " There was a regardless youth, 
who left his village to escape from meetings, but was 
met by God at the next, and returned to tell that he was 
saved. There was a prayer-meeting that night, when he 
and another young man took part, and so great was the 
effect which these two witnesses for Christ, known to ev- 
ery body, produced, that not only did it last till four in 
the morning, but the whole village came to another at 
twelve next day, and they continued at it till two o'clock 



86 THE WOBK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIK 

next day. *I will pour upon them the spirit of grac-e 
and of supplications.'" 

" Field of Labor " was sung bj Mr. Sankey. 

Mr. Moody read: " 'And he saith unto them, Follow 
me, and I will make you fishers of men' (Matt, iv., 19). 
'■IwilV Jesus kept his word to Peter. He did become 
a fisher of men, and caught in one day three thousand in 
the Gospel net. This past year, have you caught any 
thing? Follow me, and I will make you successful. 
Look back ? do you know of any saved for God ? I pity 
the worldly Christian. See Lot knocking at the doors 
of his sons-in-law and relatives, and begging them with 
fatherly anxiety to flee from the doomed city. They 
didn't believe him ; he had lost his power of testimony ; 
he had no influence ; leanness had come to him. I pity 
the child of God who has no influence. If others do not 
follow Christ, let us ! Let 1874 be a prosperous year to 
every child of God here. Let us leave our ' nets,' and 
let our first thought be, regarding every man, how we 
can win him to Christ. You do not know how much 
you may be the means of doing for Christ during 1874, 
if 3^ou will only try. One ma}^ convert a hundred, and 
from a hundred ten thousand may be saved. These 
may win a hundred thousand to God. The little rivu- 
let that rises like a thread in the mountain becomes at 
length a great river when it falls into the sea! A Sab- 
bath-school teacher attending one of these meetings left 
her class for that purpose. I asked her how she could 
do that. She said, ' Oh there were only five little boys in 
it.' Why ! one of these little boys may be a John Knox, 
a Bunyan, a Chalmers. Andrew, looking at these three 
thousand men of Peter, might have called them his errand- 



EDmBVRGH, 87 

children. A little girl can follow Jesus and work for 
him, and she can influence those whom we can not get 
at. A blind man was seen carrying a lantern, and he 
was asked what he did that for: 'To prevent others 
stumbling over me.' We are either winning souls to 
Christ, or others are stumbling over us. 

"Argue all night with an infidel, and he'll get the bet- 
ter of you in some way ; but ask him what is to be said 
about converts he knows of, and that puzzles him : he 
can not understand the change wrought by conversion." 

There was now silent prayer that we might win souls 
to Christ in 1874. The Jubilee Singers broke the silence 
with "Steal away to Jesus." 

Mr. Moody read John xiv., 18 : " ' I will come to you.' 
The world does not understand that. Before I became a 
Christian, and when I did not know the secret, I wonder- 
ed at Christians' sustained comfort and joy. Since com- 
ing to Jesus, I have never left him, and he has never left 
me. When Joseph was sold into Egypt, God was sold 
with him. They were linked together. Joseph was put 
in prison, but God went there too. He will never leave 
us, never 1 never! A dying woman was asked if she was 
afraid. ' How can I be afraid when God is with me?' 

"'I will 'raise him up' (John vi.,40). We are now 
going beyond this life. How dark would it have been if 
we hadn't this to look forward to (39th, 40th, 44th, 54th 
verses) ! Four times ' raised up ' is repeated. We've 
got a Saviour who can raise the dead. My little child 
will be raised up. Thank God, the Saviour is coming 
back. The grave — the sea — will give up its dead. Be- 
lievers in Christ will be raised first, and they will reign 
with him a thousand years. 'Blessed and holy is he 



88 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

■who hath part in the first resurrection.' You've seen 
steel filings in a lot of sawdust; if you pass a magnet 
over the top of them, the steel will all leave the sawdust 
and fly to it; and so will the holy dead be sought out. 
The glory is in the future. ' Caught up to meet the Lord 
in the air.' What a comfort to hear it! 

"Blessed verse! 'Father, I will that they also whom 
thou hast given me be with me where I am; that they 
may behold my glory, which thou hast given me : for 
thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world' 
(John xvii., 24). I have formed a strong love for the 
people that I have met here every day, and I feel very 
sad about going away. Death will make sad separations. 
It is now on the stroke of the last hour. A year hence 
a good many here will be in their graves. Thank God 
for the great day coming when we will be gathered round 
the master. Perhaps that day is a good deal nearer than 
w^e think it. The Bible is full of 'I will.' We have 
i)een three hours at it, and have only looked at seven 
most sweet ones." 

Mr. Balfour: "Think of the joy of Jesus on that day 
of glory. Oh, the joy of God's heart being fully satis- 
fied!" 

Mr. Sankey: "What a grand all -day meeting we'll 
have one day ! All will come up. We from our country ; 
you from yours. We must soon part; but, brethren, 'tis 
true that we'll meet some day 'just across the river.'" 

Captain M'Kenzie : " When I come in from work 
tired, I lie down for a short sleep, and rise refreshed and 
ready for new work. If we are laid to sleep by Jesus, we 
shall wake up refreshed. We wall be engaged in God's 
work throughout eternity, without being tired or weary." 



EDINBUROR. 89 

Mr. Arnot: ''Grander still! Come up higher. I, 
even I, an atom, will take part in the up-bringing of the 
Saviour's joy. 

' Shall we meet beyond the river, 
Where the surges cease to roll?'" 

It was now ten minutes past eleven, and for the next 
hour of prayer, praise, personal requests for prayer, and 
tender, tearful words from Mr. Moody, a solemn stillness, 
the felt presence of the Master, the action of the blessed 
Spirit of Grace, came to the hearts of the whole assem- 
bly. Every one, ministers and multitude, were deeply 
affected. Our emotion could not be suppressed. The 
gates were ajar, and it seemed to be heaven itself, and 
when twelve o'clock rung out, our hearts were pressed 
close to the heart of God. 

The intense interest, and the awe-striking solemnit}^ 
of the meeting, increased as midnight neared. Five min- 
utes before twelve all sound was hushed. The distant 
shouts of the revelers outside could be heard. Kneel- 
ing, or with bowed heads, the whole great meeting with 
one accord prayed in silence ; and while they did so, the 
city clocks successively struck the hour. The hushed 
silence continued five minutes more. Mr. Moody gave 
out the last two verses of the hymn, " Jesus, Lover of 
my Soul," and all stood and sung, " Thou, O Christ, art 
all I want, more than all in thee I find," etc. After a 
brief prayer the benediction was pronounced, and all be- 
gan, like one family, to wish each other a happy new year 
— " a year of grace, a year of usefulness," etc. Messrs. 
Moody and Sankey would have been detained shaking 
hands for an hour, if they had not slipped away. Tlie 
love they have won, and the gratitude all feel for their 



90 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

ceaseless labors, joined with a sad forecasting of the ear- 
ly period at which they must leave Edinburgh to labor 
elsewhere, make their hearers very tender in their at- 
tachment to these honored evangelists. The Jubilee 
Singers have also endeared themselves by their very 
wiHing contribution of their beautiful voices to the en- 
joyment of those meetings. Their " Steal away to Je- 
sus," "The Angels are hovering over Us," "Depths of 
Mercy can there be?" etc., will long ring on memory's 
ear. Their and Mr. Sankey's deep sympathy with the 
sentiments they utter so melodiously, will elevate the 
conception of Christian song among us, as not a hallow- 
ed amusement merely, but elevated and elevating wor- 
ship. 

Mr. Moody pronounced the benediction, and Mr. San- 
key and the sweet Jubilee Singers burst out from sur- 
charged hearts into joyous, triumphant praise, the like of 
which we have never heard. 

Such was the introduction to the year 1874. At its 
close, he publicly stated, in a crowded meeting in Man- 
chester, that it had been the best 3^ear of his life. He 
had been more used by God, than in all the preceding 
seventeen years. He did not know of one sermon he 
had delivered that had not been blessed in the conver- 
sion of some souls. This he said while commenting 
upon the first part of the one hundred and third Psalm : 
" Bless the Lord, my soul." 

IMMENSE MEETINGS IN BERWICK-ON-TWEED. 

Tuesday, January 13th, was a memorable day in the 
religious history of Berwick. It having been announced 
that Messrs. Moody and Sankey were to visit the towa 



EDINBUROH. 91 

on that day and hold meetings, large numbers of people 
were brought into the town by the several lines of rail- 
way, from distances of twenty and thirty miles. The 
forenoon trains down the vale of the Tweed were ex- 
tremely crowded ; but additional carriages were provided 
for the return journey. In one carriage an interesting 
account of the Edinburgh meetings of the previous day 
was read from a daily paper; in another carriage we 
heard the singing of hymns; and in all the one subject 
of conversation was the meetings to which most of the 
passengers seemed to be on their way. The readiness 
with which people were allowed to enter at the various 
stations into compartments where there was only stand- 
ing-room, was something new in the experience of rail- 
way traveling. The first meeting began at noon, being 
the midday prayer-meeting, which is held daily in the 
Eev. James Stevens's church for one hour. The Eev. 
Mr. Chedburn presided, and short prayers were offered 
by a number of ministers and laymen, between which 
hymns were sung with much spirit. Messrs. Moody and 
Sankey arrived from Edinburgh shortly after the meet- 
ing commenced, and both delivered short addresses. The 
under part of the church was filled, many strangers be- 
ing present. Two meetings were held in the Corn Ex- 
chanD;e; the former bes^innino^ at two o'clock P.M. The 
great hall of the Exchange was filled, and the passages 
occupied, though not so closely packed as in the evening. 
Mr. Sankey sung, and Mr. Moody preached from Eomans 
iii., 22 : "There is no difference." The acoustic princi- 
ples on which the hall is constructed are not good, and 
Mr. Moody was imperfectly heard in many parts, but Mr. 
Sankey's fine voice was heard in every corner. Mr. 



92 THE WORK OF GOD M OE^AT BRITAIK 

Moody closed his discourse witli the touching narrative 
of the return of a prodigal ; and Mr. Sankey immediately 
sung with thrilling effect his Christian song, " The Prod- 
igal Child," beginning, "Come home, come home, thou 
art weary at heart," etc. It seemed to take the vast con- 
gregation by surprise, and was the first thing that power- 
fully affected them. It was most aptly chosen, and gave 
a very favorable illustration of what is called "singing 
the Gospel." A number of anxious inquirers waited, 
and were conversed with after the meeting was closed. 

The next meeting was held in Wallace Green Church 
at six o'clock. The large church was well filled in the 
lower part, with a few people in the galleries; but the 
great body of the people had gone to the Corn Exchange 
to wait till seven o'clock, the hour announced for com- 
mencing the service there. When Messrs. Moody and 
Sankey met with the ministers in Dr. Cairn s's room at 
Wallace Green Church, a message was brought that the 
great hall of the Exchange was already filled in every 
part. Two ministers were then appointed to address the 
vast assemblage while Messrs. Moody and Sankey were 
engaged in Wallace Green. The Eev. Messrs. Mearns, 
of Coldstream, and Leitch, of Newcastle, and afterward 
Mr. Moody, addressed the audience in the Exchange. 
The male part of the audience seemed to preponderate. 
It was a vast mass of earnest listeners. We observed 
ministers of all denominations present from the towns 
and villages of the neighborhood, extending over a wide 
district, many of whom remained for the evening meeting. 
Reference was made in one of the addresses in the Ex- 
change to the case of a mother who, by believing, had 
entered into peace in the afternoon of that day, and re- 



EDINBXJEGH. 93 

quested tbanks to be returned for the blessing she had 
received, and prayer to be offered for the recovery of her 
prodigal son. This was mentioned as the first convert 
of the day, and the fact was received as a proof of the 
presence of the Holy Spirit, in answer to the prayers 
which had been offered for a great blessing to accompany 
the services of that day. This circumstance seemed to 
make a deep impression on the audience, and enabled 
them to realize the fact that the Spirit of God was indeed 
among them, in answer to prayer. It was afterward 
found in the inquirers' meeting, that many had been so 
deeply impressed in the Exchange that they felt con- 
strained to come among the anxious, asking to be direct- 
ed to the Saviour. Mr. Sankey's singing excited wonder- 
ful interest. "Sweeping through the Gates," "Jesus of 
Kazareth passeth by," and others, produced a deep im- 
pression. 

When Messrs. Moody and Sankey left Wallace Green 
for the Exchange, the meeting was continued in the for- 
mer place, and addresses by the Eevs. Dr. Cairns, R. Scott, 
of Berwick, and P. Mearns, of Coldstream. The audience 
gradually increased, till near the close of the third ad- 
dress such a crowd rushed into the spacious church as 
to fill every passage above and below. It was soon ex- 
plained that this was the second meeting which had been 
adjourned from the Exchange to the church, where there 
were rooms for conversing with the anxious in a more 
private manner. After the protracted services of the day 
it might have been expected that all the people would 
have gone home, as it was now half-past eight o'clock, 
and many had been occupied with a succession of services 
from noon. The second meeting, too, possessed no pe- 



94 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

culiar attraction, consisting only of short addresses with 
praise and prayer. Bat the people were evidently moved 
by an influence which all could feel, but not fully explain. 
After two days, Dr. Cairns thus wrote of it to the Daily 
Review: " I can not attempt to describe the appearance of 
Wallace Green Church at the evening meeting on Tues- 
day, when the overwhelming meeting in the Corn Ex- 
change w^as dismissed, and those who gathered for prayer 
with the anxious inquirers crowded in to fill every corner 
of the spacious church. The shadow of eternity seemed 
cast over the great congregation. Many were observed 
to be in tears; and as the inquirers with hurried and 
trembling step passed into the vestry, the deepest awe 
and sympathy pervaded the meeting. This continued 
for a full hour, and such a gathering I hardly ever ex- 
pect again to see in this world." 

EEVIEW OF THE AWAKENING. 

During the last two weeks much progress has been 
made by Messrs. Moody and Sankey in reaching the 
masses of the population of Edinburgh with the Gospel 
of their salvation. 

Tens of thousands of men, women, and children of all 
classes of the community have crowded the halls and 
churches where God's servants have preached, and sung 
of Christ and the Gospel. 

Multitudes of men assembled in the Corn Exchange, 
and multitudes of women in the assembly halls and ad- 
joining churches on the Lord's day, to hear words where- 
by they might be saved ; and on the week-days the daily 
prayer-meeting, noon and night, was crowded with eager, 
anxious throngs of Christians ; while in the Newington 



EDINBURGH. 95 

United Presbyterian Church and the Canongate Parish 
Church, fully three thousand came together nightly, to 
listen to the singing and preaching of the glorious Gos- 
pel of Christ. 

Bible lectures have been held in the Free Assembly 
Hall, Yiewforth Church, West Coates Church, and Free 
St. Mary's, and thereby many have received clearer light 
on the Gospel, more stable standing on the sure founda- 
tion, and blessed freedom from bondage. 

Mr. Moody's excellent plan of making the Bible speak 
for itself by quoting text after text and commenting on 
it, and enforcing it by striking illustrations, has been of 
eminent use among Christians who had life, but no liber- 
ty. Christ has said, through him, to many a bound and 
groaning one, "Loose him, and let him go." 

Mr. Moody's clear preaching of grace reigning through 
righteousness, and salvation by grace without the works 
of the law, and the believer's place in Christ where there 
is now no condemnation, and where sin shall not have 
dominion over us, because we are not under law but un- 
der grace, is fitted to give immediate relief to burdened 
and legal Christians, of whom we have crowds. 

His mind has evidently been in contact with clear 
Scripture teachings, such as one seldom meets with in 
our day ; for he has learned to draw his words of grace 
and truth from the clear crystal river of Divine Revela- 
tion, and not from the muddy streams of human theol- 
ogy ; and if we, ministers of Christ, are still to get a hear- 
ing from the people who have hung as if spell-bound on 
the ministry of Mr. Mood}^, we must preach in the same 
simple, Scriptural, loving, and direct manner. He has 
lifted up a crucified and glorified Christ, honored the 



96 THE WORK OF GOD IN ORE AT BRITAIN. 

Holy Ghost by believing in his constant presence and 
grace, and his Gospel has been made the power of God 
unto salvation to unnumbered souls. We calculate that 
as many as thirty thousand have listened to his beseech- 
ing voice. 

The work of grace is no doubt deep, wide-spread, and 
extraordinary, as compared with the state of things spir- 
itually previous to the coming of those earnest men ; but 
it is only the ordinary and normal result of prayer and 
preaching, which the model of the Acts of the Apostles 
warrants us in expecting when all the disciples of Christ 
are continuing with one accord in prayer and supplica- 
tions, and in dependence on the Holy Ghost are bending 
all their energies to the one work of getting the Christ 
of God magnified by the conversion of perishing souls. 
When we consider that the great bulk of the ministers 
and Christian people of Edinburgh have been doing al- 
most nothing else for nearly two months but giving them- 
selves to receive blessing, and to co-operate with our ex- 
cellent friends to make the Gospel triumphant in the 
city ; and when we consider that there has been this 
concerted, continued, and concentrated effort toward this 
one thing, we have hardly seen so much fruit as we might 
reasonably have expected ; and we are very sure that if 
there had not been much grieving and quenching of the 
Holy Spirit of God among us in connection with this 
work, both secretly and openly, he would have wrought 
with mightier power, and the harvest of souls would have 
been much more abundant. 

There have never been, as in other days, thousands pen- 
tecostally smitten simultaneously — whole meetings ar- 
rested, as in the years of the right hand of the Most High 



EDIKBUEGH. 97 

in times past, and made to stand still and see the salva- 
tion of God. Might the Lord not have given such pow- 
er as would have left hundreds, instead of tens, anxious- 
ly inquiring what must we do, if there had been an en- 
tire exclusion of " the flesh," and a total self-surrender on 
the part of Christians, more regard for the glory of Christ, 
less grieving and quenching, and more honoring of the 
Holy Ghost? 

We do not quite sympathize with some of the things 
which have been said about Mr. Moody's preaching, and 
especially that he is not eloquent. What, we would ask, 
makes the meetings flat when he is absent, but the want 
of a quality he possesses? And what makes them full 
of life and spiritual emotion when he is present, but just 
the superior, divine eloquence which flows in his burning 
words, as if an electric current were passing through ev- 
ery heart? 

He is the most powerful speaker, the most eloquent 
preacher, who most fully carries an audience with him, 
and produces the greatest results ; and if Mr. Moody is 
judged by such a rule, he is one of the most eloquent 
of living men. None of us here who are ministers feel 
the least desire to speak if he is present, for with all our 
university training we acknowledge his superior power 
as a Heaven-commissioned evangelist. He has the all- 
powerful eloquence of a man full of the Holy Ghost and 
of faith, and fired with indomitable zeal for the glory of 
Christ and the salvation of souls. He may be devoid 
of rhetoric (and that, we suppose, is meant), and he may 
use his freedom in extemporizing grammar to suit him- 
self; but withal Moody is the most eloquent, as he is the 
most successful preacher among us. The Lord be praised 

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98 TRE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

for giving such gifts to men, and for the thousands of 
souls he has converted by him in this city, or set into 
the liberty of grace by a fuller knowledge of Christ and 
his finished work. 

What masses of young people from the schools crowd- 
ed the meetings during the holidays ! And so great has 
been the attraction of the singing of the one and the elo- 
quence of the other, that hundreds of young persons, es- 
pecially of the higher classes, who were formerly accus- 
tomed to- go to the theatre, opera, and pantomime, gave 
them up deliberately, and from choice and the force of 
conviction, attended the Gospel and prayer -meetings. 
Men who can draw away our educated children by the 
hundred, in this city that boasts of its education, from 
these haunts of amusement, to hear of Christ in preach- 
ing and song, and embrace him as their Saviour, and 
cling to them as their friends, have that spiritual educa- 
tion which ennobles the character, implants delicate feel- 
ings, generous sentiments, tender emotions, and gracious 
affections, which the young very quickly discover and 
reciprocate. 

But we have no doubt that a very great part of Mr. 
Moody's superiority over most ministers as a preacher of 
the Gospel arises from his superior knowledge and grasp 
of the Holy Scriptures, 

Messrs. Moody and San key's principle for Gospel work 
is the recognition of the divine unity of the one body 
of Christ; and accordingly, wherever they go, they say, 
in effect, "A truce to all sectarianism, that the Lord 
alone may be exalted. Let all denominations for the 
time- being be obliterated and forgotten, and let us bring 
our united Christian effort to bear upon the one great 



EDINBURGH. 99 

work of saving perishing souls." It is a charming sight 
to look back over the past eight weeks, and think of men 
who, it appeared, were for all time to come in religious 
antagonism because of their controversial differences on 
the Union question, sitting side by side on the same plat- 
form, lovingly co-operating with those American breth- 
ren and with one another, for the conversion of souls. 
Old things seemed to have passed away, and all things 
had become new, and all rejoiced together in the bless- 
ing which has been so richly vouchsafed by the God of 
all grace. 

There has been such a commingling of ministers and 
Christians of all the churches — sectarian thoughts and 
feelings being buried — as has never been witnessed in this 
city since the first breaking-up of the Church of Scot- 
land, more than one hundred and forty years ago. What 
all the ministers and people of Scotland were unable to 
achieve — a union of Christians on a doctrinal basis — God 
has effected, as it were, at once on the basis of the inner 
life, by the singing of a few simple hymns and the simple 
preaching of the Gospel; for as the unity of the nation 
was secured by the one purpose to make David king 
over all Israel: "All these men of war that could keep 
rank came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David 
king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were 
of one heart to make David king" (1 Chron. xii., 88); 
so the one purpose to have the Lord Jesus exalted and 
made supreme, and his glory in the triumph of his Gos- 
pel and the salvation of sinners made manifest, has united 
the ministers and Christian people of every name in tlie 
metropolis of Scotland : " and there was great joy in that 
city " (Acts viii., 8). " Be it known unto you all, and to 



100 , THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRIT Aim 

all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ 
of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from 
the dead, even by him" (Acts iv., 10) hath been "shed 
forth this which ye now see and hear" (Acts ii., 33). 
"This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. 
This is the day which the Lokd hath made. "We 
will be glad and rejoice in it" (Psa. viii., 23, 24). 

Mr. Moody is overpoweringly in earnest, and he brings 
in the direct, decided methods of an energetic man of 
business to his addresses, in conducting meetings, and his 
dealing with souls ; and, as a preacher generally stamps 
his own image upon his converts, we may hope to see a 
brood of decided Christian witnesses and testifiers arising 
out of this time of awakening, that will let it be known, 
that the glory of the Lord Jesus is the uppermost pur- 
pose in their hearts. 

This witness -bearing has already begun in colleges 
and schools, in families and work-rooms, in drawing- 
rooms and kitchens. There are discussions going on 
everywhere regarding both the men and the movement. 
In ladies' schools there are young converts testifying for 
Jesus, and boldly confessing him as their Saviour; even- 
ing parties, through the influence of the young believers 
in the household, are being converted into Christian as- 
semblies, to talk over the preaching of Mr. Moody, and 
to sing in concerted worship the hymns and solos, which 
have been introduced by the inimitable singing of Mr. 
San key. 

These two quiet and humble Americans have all but 
turned society in Edinburgh upside down, and, by the 
grace of God, have given its citizens the merriest Christ- 
mas and the happiest New Year's that they have ever 



EBINBUBOR. 101 

enjoyed, by gathering them around the Lord Jesus. 
It seems as if a voice from heaven had been heard say- 
ing, " clap your hands, all ye people ; shout unto God 
with the voice of triumph. God is gone up with a 
shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing 
praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, 
sing praises. Sing ye praises with understanding" (Psa. 
xlvii., 1, 5-7). 

WHAT GOOD HAVE MESSRS. MOODY AND SANKEY DONE 
IN EDINBURGH? 

This is a question which, in its inward aspect, can be 
answered only by Him who knows the hearts of men ; 
but that which is visible and apparent can be set down 
in writing. 

For one thing, Mr. Moody has given the Bible its due 
place of prominence, and has made it to be looked upon 
as the most interesting book in the world. This is hon- 
oring the Holy Ghost more than all the prayers for his 
outpouring that have been offered ; for it is getting into 
the mind of God as the Psalmist got, when he said, 
"Thou hast magnified thy luord above all thy name." 
His addresses on such themes as " How to stud}^ the 
Holy Scriptures," and "The Scriptures can not be 
broken ;" his own Bible lectures, which were so full of 
Scripture, and helpful to hundreds of Christians; his 
constant reference to the Bible, and quotation from it 
in his preaching; his moving about among the anxious 
with the open Bible in his hands, that he might get them 
to rest their souls on the " true sayings of God ;" and 
his earnest exhortations to young Christians to read the 
Word, and to older and well-taught Christians to get up 



102 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

"Bible readings," and invite young Christians to come 
to them, that they might be made acquainted with the 
mind of Christ, all showed how much in earnest he is to 
give due prominence to the Holy Scriptures. 

Mr. Moody has also given us a thorough specimen of 
good Gospel preaching, both as to matter and manner of 
communication. It is not a mixture of law and Gospel : 
his Gospel is " the Gospel of the grace of God," " with- 
out the works of the law," " the Gospel of God " coming 
in righteously and saving the lost, not by a mere judi- 
cial manipulation and theoretically, but by grace, power, 
and life coming in when men were dead, so that we have 
not only sins blotted out by the blood of Christ, but de- 
liverance from sin in the nature by death and resurrec- 
tion, and life beyond death, so that a risen Christ is be- 
fore us, and we in him, when it is said, " There is, there- 
fore, now no condemnation to them which are in Christ 
Jesus." There is '^ justification of life^^ in his preaching 
immediately that we are "justified hy his hlood^ 

He has also distinguished with much decision and pre- 
cision between the Adam-nature and the new creation in 
Christ, and made it as clear as noonday that salvation is 
not the mere setting right of man's existing faculties, 
but the impartation of new life in Christ, a new nature, a 
new creation, so that there exist two utterly opposed na- 
tures in the one responsible Christian man, and that 
"these are contrary the one to the other;" and the 
knowledge of this gives young Christians immense relief, 
and a solid foundation for holiness at the very commence- 
ment of their Christian course. New creation in Christ 
— not the mending of the old creation — is Mr. Moody's 
essential idea of Christianity. 



EDINBURGH. 103 

This also leads to the Pauline theory of holiness, as 
preached by him. He has imbibed very fully the theol- 
ogy of the Epistle to the Romans on this point, and in- 
sisted with much earnestness that Scripture teaches that 
Christians are not under the law in any form, and that 
this is essential to holiness: "For sin shall not have 
dominion over you ; for ye are not under law, but un- 
der grace "(Rom. vi., 14); "But now we are delivered 
from the law, that we should serve in newness of spirit" 
(Rom. vii.). His doctrine is that the law never made a 
bad man good or a good man better, and that we are un- 
der grace for sanctification as well as for justification ; 
and yet the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us who 
walk not after the flesh (that is, under law) "but after 
the Spirit" (Rom. viii.,4). His clearness in distinguish- 
ing between law and grace has been the lever of life to 
many souls. 

Our American brethren have also been of great use in 
showing us what may be accomplished in the conversion 
of souls, if the heart is only fully set upon it, and there is 
a determination to have it. They came to us with that 
distinct aim and object in view, and the Lord gave them 
the desires of their hearts ; and as the result, hundreds 
of souls have professed salvation. They gave themselves 
to " this one thing," and they stuck to it, brushing aside 
all other things. Even the conventional courtesies of 
life were made short work of by Mr. Moody, if he spied 
an anxious soul likely to escape. His friends might in- 
troduce some notable stranger at the close of a meeting, 
and feel rather annoyed that, instead of conversing with 
him or her, he darted off in a moment to awakened souls ; 
but he made that his work, and every thing else had to 



104 THE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BRITAIN. 

be subordinate to it. "This one thing I do," seems to 
be his life-motto; and in sticking to this all-absorbing 
object, he has read us a noble lesson of holy resoluteness 
and decision. If we who are ministers have similar faith 
and expectancy, and work like our American friends for 
the conversion of souls, the conversion of souls we shall 
have. . Our Lord said to those who were to be the first 
preachers of his Gospel, "I have chosen you, and ordain- 
ed you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that 
your fruit should remain " (John xv., 16) ; and when 
they were endued with the Holy Ghost and with power, 
they did "bring forth fruit " in the conversion of souls 
(Acts ii., 41; iv.,4); and their fruit remained (Acts ii., 
42), and has done so, in the millions of souls saved in all 
ages down to the present day. 

Our friends have been the means of rescuing hundreds 
of souls in this city from impending and everlasting 
damnation. Their labors have been especially fruitful 
in the conversion of young women and girls, who in 
course of time will be in the important position of wives, 
and mothers ; and if the thousand of them that appear- 
ed at the young converts' meeting, to receive Mr. Moody's 
fixrewell address, should all hold out, it will be an un- 
speakable blessing that has been conferred by God on 
this community through their instrumentality.* 

* The foregoing account is abridged from the very full statements that 
have appeared in the British jom-nals. 



DUNDEE. 105 



11. 

DUNDEE. 

Dundee, the sea-port town of Forfarshire, Scotland, has 
been in the past the aren^ of fierce battles, and of excit- 
ing conflict between ecclesiastical usurpation and Chris- 
tian liberty. Its zeal for the Protestant faith at the 
time of the Reformation won for it the name, "the sec- 
ond Geneva." In 1645 it was besieged and stormed by 
Montrose, who at first joined the Covenanters, and after- 
ward became a Royalist, and espoused the cause of 
Charles I. In 1651 it was taken by General Monk, and 
a sixth part of its inhabitants were massacred. 

On the 21st of January, 1874, a small band of Chris- 
tian soldiers peacefully entered the city, bearing only the 
weapons of truth and righteousness. They come to save 
and not to destroy. Their mission, if not to reform the 
reformers, is to sound the Gospel trumpet in clear and 
stirring notes along their ranks, to arouse the lukewarm, 
and advance the columns with new faith and enthusiasm 
against the common foe. Their first efforts are success- 
ful. A call to a united prayer-meeting brings together a 
vast crowd at the Steeple Church ; and supplication, song, 
and earnest appeals announce the opening of the spirit- 
ual work. On the following day Mr. Moody presided at 
a noonday prayer-meeting in Free St. Andrew's Church: 
this meeting was continued from day to day. The chil- 
dren, too, were gathered for instruction ; and the regular 

5* 



106 THE WORK OF GOB IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Sabbath services were held, with the usual blessed re- 
sults. On February 6th an all-day meeting was held; 
and at the young converts' meeting about four hundred 
were present to express their faith in Jesus. 

The following delightful account of the revival is given 
by the Rev. Mr. Sharp, of Dundee: 

"I am glad to say the amount of blessing that has 
fallen upon Edinburgh seems to be imparted to Dundee. 
From the very first, all the jneetings have been very 
largely attended, and the whole town seems to be moved. 
It would take up too much of your space to give even 
an outline of the glorious results arising out of the vis- 
it to this town of these two honored servants of Grod. 
Hundreds of anxious souls wait every night to be spoken 
with, as well as many at the close of the midday meet- 
ings. Day after day the interest has been increasing. 
He would be a bold man who would dare to dispute the 
good that many have received. We have had personal 
experience, day after day and night after night, of hear- 
ing from the lips of persons themselves who have pro- 
fessed to have found peace to their own souls in believ- 
ing in Jesus as their Saviour since these meetings began. 
I do not believe the people of Dundee had ever witness- 
ed such a sight as was seen here last Sunday. 

"Mr. Moody gave an address to workers in the Kin- 
nard Hall in the morning. The admission was by tick- 
et: the place was filled. He also preached in other places 
through the day. But what I refer to principally is the 
evening services — a meeting at half-past five, and anoth- 
er at half-past seven in the Kinnard Hall, which holds 
about two thousand. No one can form the least idea of 
the scene in Bank Street, where the hall is situated. 



DUNDEE, 107 

Even after the hall was filled, the street was crowded 
from end to end with the throng eager to gain access; 
but it could not, for want of room. Many were awaken- 
ed by the impressive addresses of Mr. Moody, as well as 
the beautiful hymns sung by Mr. Sankey. His melodi- 
ous voice, giving such charm to the soul-stirring words, 
produced a most powerful effect upon the large audi- 
ence. Hundreds remained to be spoken with, and many 
gave evidence of having received much blessing. 

" I have no time to enter into the full particulars ; but 
allow me first to say that the whole of the meetings are 
largely attended, both by males and females, by young 
and old; and what is so pleasing, a most harmonious 
feeling appears to pervade the whole town among all 
classes and denominations — ministers and people all re- 
joice together. 

'' Mr. Moody's address at the Bible-meeting yesterday 
seemed to make a deep impression on all present. His 
subject had reference principally to searching and study- 
ing the Word of God, and the good to be derived to our 
own souls by so doing. The large audience had assem- 
bled in Dr. Wilson's church — which was crammed; and 
many could not get in at three in the afternoon. All 
present looked as if they could have listened another 
hour to such profitable instruction and glorious truths as 
fell from the lips of the speaker. Even the very young- 
est in the meeting listened with most intense interest. 

*' God seems to be working powerfully in Dundee, 
through the instrumentality of these two God-honored 
servants of his. What to myself is very encouraging is 
the absence of opposition, which is so common, and which 
is so often raised by the wicked one. 



108 THE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

*' No one can fail to see the happy and cordial feeling 
over the town. All seem to be pleased with each oth- 
er, and no one who has the least drop of the milk of 
human kindness could fail to be delighted to see the 
friendly smile of each and all as they greet one another 
in the street, and as they leave the meetings ; and more 
especially is it soul-cheering to see how the young chil- 
dren, along with their parents, enjoy the meetings. And 
oh, what a glorious sight to see and to hear parents and 
children now singing together with one heart and one 
voice, 'I am so glad Jesus loves me!' I pray God they 
may be enabled to hold on and hold out to the end. 
Yes, to hold the fort and wave the answer back to heav- 
en, ' By thy grace, we will.' 

"Having attended many of these meetings in Edin- 
burgh, for weeks together, as well as many of the meet- 
ings here in Dundee, from all I have seen and know from 
personal experience, I am satisfied God has been work- 
ing mightily with them here, and the power of the Spirit 
of God has been felt in the conversion of many souls." 

In the following June, Messrs. Moody and Sankey 
made a second visit to Dundee, when the enthusiasm far 
exceeded that at the previous visit. 

On Tuesday evening, June 10th, two churches were 
thrown open, but so great were the crowds seeking ad- 
mission that it was found necessary to adjourn to the 
Barrack Park, where an immense number of persons of 
all classes speedily assembled. The sight of so many 
persons hurrying along the streets from the churches to 
the park had the effect of arousing the curiosity of many 
more, who also hastened to the meeting. It was pleasing 
to see so many in their working clothes, mechanics and 



BTJNDEE. 109 

Others ; women carrying their children in their arms — in 
short, many from the humblest ranks of life ; and Mr. 
Moody preached with his usual pathos and force. At 
the close of the service, meetings for inquirers were held. 

On the following Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 
nights, open-air meetings were held in the same place. 
On each successive night the interest and solemnity 
seemed to grow more intense. The attendance was very 
large, the numbers being variously estimated at from ten 
to sixteen thousand souls. Nothing could surpass the 
decorum of the vast assemblage. There was no sensa- 
tionalism in the service, and no undue excitement in the 
audience. One striking feature in the gathering was 
the unusually large proportion of men — shrewd, hard- 
headed, strong-minded men — a class not to be put off 
their feet by any mere sensationalism. And yet we 
saw the eyes of hundreds of these horny-handed sons 
of toil suffused with tears under the Word of God, 
which was preached with unaffected simplicity. One 
result of these open-air services has been, that a greatly 
increased number of men have come forward, asking the 
question, "What must we do to be saved?" 

At Mr. Moody's suggestion, special evangelistic serv- 
ices for men were carried on nightly for the next fort- 
night. A large staff of male Christian workers assisted 
in this special effort. 

DUNDEE AFTER MESSES. MOODY AND SANKEY LEFT. 

" On Messrs. Moody and Sankey leaving Dundee, evan- 
gelistic services were held in various churches, with many 
tokens of blessing. The number of inquirers was very 
considerable. Many cases were characterized by deep 



110 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

conviction of sin, and there were several remarkable con- 
versions. Of the many hundreds, doubtless some were 
only slightly impressed, while others are bearing about 
their trouble to this day. For, whatever may be the 
explanation, there are always some who very gradually 
arrive at settled trust and peace in Christ. As the result 
of the awakening, there have been large additions to the 
membership of the churches — in some congregations as 
many as one hundred and upward. Great care has been 
taken in watching over the young Christians, and we do 
not know of any who have gone hack. 

" On the occasion of the second visit of the evangelists 
to Dundee, in June, when great open-air meetings were 
held in the Barrack Park, Mr. Moody organized and set 
jigoing special means and efforts for reaching young men. 
With the aid of a large staff of earnest Christian men, 
wdio volunteered their services at the call of Mr. Moody, 
the Young Men's Association carried out the scheme with 
energy and success. In the course of two weeks, upward 
of one hundred and thirty young men were individual- 
ly conversed with, almost the whole of whom ultimately 
professed faith in Christ. The work has been carried 
on throughout the year by the Association, as well as by 
the direct instrumentality of the churches, with much 
prayer and pains, and many have been added to the 
Lord. In the Post and TelegraiDh offices alone there are 
some twenty young men and lads who have come over 
to the Lord's side, and are zealous in his service. As 
Andrew found his brother Simon, and brought him to 
Jesus, so in many a pleasing instance, brothers have been 
bringing brothers, and young men have been bringing 
their companions, to the Saviour. The seal of God's 



DUNDEE. Ill 

blessing has been clearly stamped on the efiforts of the 
Christian young men. And although, to the eye of an 
observer looking only on the surface, nothing may be 
apparent save the ordinary ripple of Christian work, to 
those who look more closely, a powerful under-current 
of spiritual influence is plainly seen to be at work among 
the youth of our town. In many quarters the tide is 
fairly turned, and is setting in steadily in the right direc- 
tion ; and we expect still greater and better things. 

" In regard to the work among the children, we have 
never before seen so much precious fruit in the same 
space of time. All the year round there has been great 
joy in many a family, and in many a Sabbath -school. 
Nor has this joy proved to be evanescent or fruitless. 
To this fact parents and teachers bear decided testimony. 
Kunning parallel with the work of the Holy Ghost, there 
has been a remarkable dispensation of Providence in the 
removal of many little ones to the spirit-world. Beauti- 
ful and instructive in many instances have been the last 
solemn scenes of life. To the clear eye of a child's faith 
there is almost no darkness in the valley. To the ear of 
the little Christian, quick to catch voices from above, the 
solemn sound of Jordan's waters has no terrors. With 
marvelous wisdom and force, these dying children gave 
forth their testimony to Jesus and his grace. 

'' While the immediate results of the work are exceed- 
ingly precious, the value of its full outcome can scarce- 
ly be overestimated: believers are refreshed and lifted 
higher — Christian workers of every class having renewed 
their strength, and are filled with fresh hope and zeal. 
The whole body of the living Church has made an ad- 
vance; her forces are increased, her methods are im- 



112 THE WORK OF GOD IN ORE AT BRITAIN. 

proved. So mighty an impulse can not fail of great and 
lasting results. But there remains much land to be pos- 
sessed, and from the recent movement there comes to us 
a loud and stirring call to go forward. Thanking God 
for the past, and taking courage, we look into the future 
with heart of good cheer; for we feel assured, "Tis better 
on before !' " 



GLASGOW. 113 



III. 

GLASGOW. 

"And I saw another book was opened, which is the book of life." 

— Revelation xx., 12. 

How many new names are about to be recorded in the 
Book of Life ! Is there joy among the angels of God 
over one sinner. that repenteth? What waves of intense 
delight are soon to roll over the celestial hosts ! How 
many now walking upon the banks of the beautiful 
Clyde will soon be found upon the banks of the river of 
salvation, and, drinking of its waters, shall live forever! 

On the Lord's day, February 8th, 1874, the evangelists, 
at nine o'clock, in the City Hall, surrounded by three 
thousand Sabbath-school teachers, commenced the Lord's 
work. He who, seventeen years ago, in the first ardor 
of his desire to serve Jesus, applied for a Sabbath-school 
class in a mission school in Chicago, and had to go into 
the streets, among the poor and wretched, to gather one, 
is now greeted by three thousand Sabbath-school teachers, 
who are thrilled by his presence, and who seek through 
him God's richest blessings. He stands before them as 
humble as when, for the first time, he opened his Bible 
to teach the ragged and ignorant children around him 
about Jesus and the cross. They salute him on his tri- 
umphal march through the cities of the British realms, 
with the shout, " Give God the praise !" 

Among the warm friends and cordial supporters of 



114 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Messrs. Moodj and Sankey, and one who, by his accurate 
and vivid reports and delineations of their work, has 
served to greatly increase it, is the Rev. Dr. Andrew A. 
Bonar. 

We can not do better than to give his letters, abridged, 
describing the development and progress of the work in 
Glasgow : 

FIRST LETTER. 

"Dear Brethren, — You wish to know something 
of the work of God in this city. The rumor of what 
God was working elsewhere, especially as the cloud of 
blessing seemed to come nearer us, had prepared the 
way for our American brethren's visit; indeed, there 
were cases where persons were awakened to conversion 
by the single rumor of others being so blessed. Let me 
give you notes of what has been passing here during 
these few days, with all the freedom of one writing to a 
friend. 

" Messrs. Moody and Sankey began their labors in 
Glasgow on Sabbath morning, the 8th. At nine o'clock, 
in the City Hall, a most stirring meeting of Sabbath- 
school teachers, numbering about three thousand, was 
held. Mr. Moody took this way of engaging the prayer 
and sympathy of three thousand workers for Christ in 
the beginning of his labors. Some of the ministers were 
in a certain way witnesses of the effect produced, teacher 
after teacher coming into church just as the bells ceased, 
with happy, thoughtful, solemn faces. The evening's 
teaching could not fail to feel the influence of that morn- 
ing. Half-past six was the hour for the evening evan- 
gelistic services, but more than an hour before the time 



GLASGOW. 115 

the City Hall was crowded in every corner, and the im- 
mense multitude outside were drafted off to the three 
nearest churches, which were soon filled. Mr. Moody's 
subject was 'The Gospel' (referring to 1 Cor. xv., 1-4), 
illustrated and enforced in his usual style, downright, 
earnest, and powerful. Mr. Sankey's singing at both 
meetings began at once to be felt as indeed ' the Gospel ' 
preached by singing, impressive and melting, as well as 
most attractive. Is it another of the Lord's many new 
ways, in these last days, of graciously compelling men to 
come in, like the Grecian mother's agony of desire ex- 
pressing itself in the song that lured her wayward child 
back from the precipice to safety ? 

" The daily prayer-meeting at twelve o'clock was be- 
gun on the Monday following — held in the United Pres- 
byterian Church, Wellington Street, which accommo- 
dates fifteen hundred persons. Mr. Moody, after the 
many requests for prayer had been taken up, started 
with the passage in 2 Chron, xx., which records Jehosh- 
aphat's prayer, especially dwelling on verse 12 : * Our 
eyes are upon Thee, for we know not what to do.' The 
church was full. Mr. Sankey's singing is aided by a 
voluntary choir of male and female voices, every one of 
the number throwing heart into this work as a means 
of winning souls; and altogether there is a liveliness as 
well as a solemnity in the crowded meeting such as 
has seldom been witnessed. Christians and ministers 
of all denominations, from the country as well as town, 
come to this meeting; it is a meeting that sends us back 
to apostolic days, when the multitude were of one heart 
and of one soul' (Acts iv., 82), praying ' with one accord' 
for the power of the Holy Ghost in the city. ' It is not 



116 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

preaching that Scotland needs,' said one brother; *it is 
prayer and power.' Our brethren reckon this hour of 
prayer to be the most important of all the meetings, 
since it is here that believers are to be filled with the 
Spirit to overflowing, and then go forth to the unsaved. 

"As I do not promise to write to you chronologically, 
let me give one sample of our meetings. On Wednes- 
day the chairman read Luke v., 17-81, with many racy 
remarks and pointed appeals; and when the meeting 
was thrown open, five or six persons in turn spoke brief- 
ly. A minister told the anecdote of a Highland chief- 
tain, who used to say that it was not right to ask ' bless- 
ing' merely; God wished us to ask 'showers of blessing' 
(Ezek. xxxiv., 26). A friend from Edinburgh stated 
that there was no symptom of decline — every day the 
prayer-meeting in the Assembly Hall thronged, and ev- 
ery evening some cases of blessing at the evangelistic 
meetings. He told also of drops falling in a district in 
Dumfriesshire. One of the ministers of the city drew 
attention to our Lord's conversations with souls, urging 
on all this means of laboring for the Lord, and stating 
his conviction that hundreds of souls were ready to 
speak their minds to any who would approach them. 
Prayer was offered, and part of the hymn, 'Jesus the 
Water of Life will give freely, freely, freely,' was sung. 
A minister from Edinburgh confirmed by some further 
facts what had been stated in regard to the blessing there. 

" In all the meetings it is quite common to see tears 
trickling down the faces of men when 'Jesus of Naza- 
reth passeth by' is sung. A young woman was awaken- 
ed on Sabbath morning by the hymn sung by Mr. San- 
key, ' I am so glad that Jesus loves me.' 



1 



GLASGOW. 117 

*' Perhaps I should mention here that one of your 
London ministers was present on Thursday, and candid- 
ly said to the meeting that he had come the day before 
full of prejudice against these gatherings; but that all 
his prejudice was gone. He urged upon all present (re- 
ferring to Mr. Moody's subject that morning — 2 Kings 
iv., 1-6) to come, bringing not only empty vessels, but 
vessels large and deep. 

"Thursday evening's meeting was in the City Hall, 
and consisted wholly of men, invited by ticket. The 
very look of the meeting was solemnizing, such a sea of 
faces, every face looking at the speaker with fixed and 
intense earnestness. ' Except a man be born again ' was 
the subject. There had been much prayer offered in 
prospect of this gathering of men, and it was answered. 
Mr. Moody was enabled to speak in marvelous power, 
and the Spirit assuredly was working, so that from time 
to time the whole mass of souls seemed moved, and bent 
down under the truth. The hymns sung, too, appeared 
to have a wonderful power on that audience of men. 
When at the close those were invited to remain longer 
who were on the Lord's side or wished to be, above a 
thousand kept their places ; and when, after four brief 
prayers had been offered in succession, they were let go, 
a large number of anxious souls remained. Many of 
these last were very deeply concerned. In short, it was 
one of those meetings that can never be forgotten. ' The 
power of the Lord was present to heal.' 

"Surely the Lord is gathering in his elect in haste be- 
fore the great and notable day of the Lord. And as in 
the days of the forerunner, he made men willing to go 
out in thronging multitudes to the desert, seeking out 



118 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

the preacher, the preacher not needing to seek out them, 
so it is now. ' The kingdom of God is preached, and 
every man presseth into it.' Applications for visits of 
our two brethren come in from all the region round." 

SECOND LETTER. 

" Perhaps we in Glasgow are at that stage of the move- 
ment described in Acts ii., 47, ' Having favor with all 
the people; and the Lord added to the church daily 
such as should be saved.' 

"At the daily prayer-meeting on Friday, 13th, thanks 
were given for the most interesting meeting of four thou- 
sand men in the City Hall on the preceding evening. 
Mr. Moody's helpful word that day was in regard to the 
three classes of believers we meet with everywhere : 
those who have got to the length of John iii., 15 ; anoth- 
er class, who knew by experience John iv., 14 — they 
have the living water springing up in them ; and a 
third, and best, who answer to the description in John 
vii., 38, 39 — true believers, and pouring out on others 
' rivers of living water.' 

"The evening meetings were held again in the two 
Barony churches, Established and Free, and many anx- 
ious remained behind to converse. 

"On Saturday the meeting (as usual on that day) was 
specially for children — a lively and impressive meeting. 
The church was filled with young people, and there have 
been decided conversions in connection with these gath- 
erings for the young. At the same hour the usual prayer- 
meeting was carried on in Ewing Place Chapel, close by, 
and the place was filled. 

"On Sabbath morning there was another gathering of 



GLASGOW. 119 

Sabbath-school teachers, at nine o'clock. These were not 
the same company as last week, but from another part of 
the city. The City Hall was the place, but it could not 
contain all who sought admission. The address by Mr. 
Moody, on Matt, xx., 1-15, made the privilege of work- 
ing for the Lord appear so honorable and so pleasant — 
especially when he called on the laborers among us to 
leave the householder to give whatsoever he might think 
right, and not ' bargain for a penny a day ' — that many 
felt truly humbled, and all were fired with new desire to 
win souls, a work and privilege which angels almost 
envy us. On coming out, it was interesting to notice 
that a row of outside listeners had stationed themselves 
close to the building, eager to catch at least the songs of 
praise. 

"None of the evangelistic services are held at the usu- 
al hours of church service, but much prayer went up for 
these meetings from many congregations throughout the 
day. 

"At five o'clock the City Hall was filled with females 
only ; and so deep was the impression that about a hun- 
dred inquirers remained to be conversed with, some of 
whom were led into light and liberty. 

"At eight o'clock, there was a vast assembly of men 
only, in the City Hall. They were packed into every 
corner ; and outside were nearly as many, in vain seek- 
ing entrance. It was, like Thursday evening, a memo- 
rable time. Mr. Moody's subject was 'Whosoever' — sal- 
vation absolutely free, all gift; nothing between a sinner 
and eternal life but his unbroken will. The mass of men 
listened with intense interest; now and then you could 
see a tear, or the head bent in deep emotion. When Mr. 



120 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Mr. Sankej sung the hymn, ' I am coming to the Cross/ 
nothing could exceed the rapt, silent attention. When 
he came to the verse, 

' In the promises I trust, 

Now I feel the blood applied: 
I am prostrate in the dust ; 
I with Christ am crucified,' 

not a head in the vast multitude moved, every face ex- 
pressed deep feeling. This verse was repeated amidst 
still deeper silence and emotion. At the close, when an 
invitation was given to remain twenty minutes simply 
for prayer, more than a thousand remained, and there- 
after a large number waited for conversation, though the 
hour was late. 

"In the daily prayer-meeting, one of our brethren un- 
dertakes to arrange beforehand the requests for prayer — 
an important service, for they mount up from* one hun- 
dred and fifty to two hundred every day. 

"The evening of Monday had been appointed as a time 
when all inquirers awakened during last week should 
meet for counsel and conversation with Mr. Moody and 
Mr. Sankey, assisted by Christian workers. Above two 
hundred came, and of these a hundred were men, all will- 
ing, as far as they could, to tell ' what's the trouble?' It 
was felt by all who took part to be a time of singular so- 
lemnity — reapers gathering up sheaves for the Lord's 
garner. This was, indeed, an encouraging result of one 
week's prayer, preaching, and singing. 

" I do not attempt to give an account of every meet- 
inc" from day to day, though there has been no day with- 
out its incidents worth preserving. There is over the 
city a breathing of the quickening Spirit. Christian 



GLASGOW. 121 

workers find it easy to approach men on the matter of 
salvation. 

" Mr. Moody began his Bible-readings in the Free Col- 
lege Church (Dr. Buchanan's). That day Dr. Fairbairn, 
Principal of the Free College, presided. Many minis- 
ters of all denominations were present. Mr. Moody's sub- 
ject was, ' The Blood of Atonement,' ' the scarlet line that 
binds together every leaf of the Bible.' The audiences 
that crowded the church were usually of a more ed- 
ucated and fashionable kind than attended in the even- 
ings ; and they heard a most clear, powerful, decided state- 
ment of saving truth, illustrated by many touching inci- 
dents ; and well worth remembering was the preacher's 
testimony that wherever he had been, in any part of the 
world, he had found that those ministers who preached the 
blood, were the men who were winners of souls. We call- 
ed to mind, as he said this, the counsel of a much-blessed 
Methodist to those around him, 'Live in the sacrifice! 
Live in the sacrifice !' These afternoon Bible-readings 
are thronged, and this is itself an important fact; for atten- 
tion to the Word of God, and the true sense of it, was 
the prominent characteristic of revival in the days of Ne- 
hemiah (chap, viii., 1-8, and ix., 8). Lideed, it is a ques- 
tion how far any revival is likely to yield much perma- 
nent fruit where a real hunger for the Word does not 
characterize it. In Josh, i., 8, and Psa. i., 2, 3, constant 
meditation on the Lord's law are enjoined as the grand se- 
crets of spiritual freshness and growth. 

"At nine o'clock the Christian young men of the city 
met in Ewing Place Chapel, to consult with Mr. Moody 
as to what they might do to forward tlie Lord's work. 
Mr. Sankey gave tone to the meeting, singing, 

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122 THE WORE OF GOD IN ORE AT BRITAIN. 

' Oh, what are you going to do, brother ? 

Say, what are you going to do ? 
You have thought of some useful labor,' etc. 

"When Mr. Moody had made some suggestions and got 
many of those present to tell their own views, he asked 
if as many as agreed to enter on such a plan as had been 
suggested would rise to their feet. The whole number 
(there must have been seven hundred present) at once 
rose; and already these young men have begun to meet 
every night, between nine and ten, to stimulate each oth- 
er to watch for souls, and to lay hold on other young 
men. The hour is fixed thus late, in order that there 
may be no interference with other meetings, and in order 
to give opportunity to those who are kept late by busi- 
ness. What a field Glasgow presents may be inferred 
from the fact, that the young men of the city between the 
ages of fifteen and twenty-five number seventy thou- 
sand." 

THIRD LETTER. 

" We pass on to the Sabbath morning meeting in the 
City Hall. It was one of Christian workers, three thou- 
sand of whom filled the place. Mr. Moody spoke on 
Isaiah vi.,8, 'Send me,' At five o'clock the hall was 
filled with females only, and at eight with men only. 
As other neighboring churches were open at the same 
time for the overflow, at least ten thousand persons that 
night heard the Gospel in a special manner. From half- 
past six onward there was an important gathering from 
all the meetings in the old College Church, of all who 
were anxious, and above two hundred souls were there 
in the course of the evening. It was a busy scene, the 



GLASGOW. 123 

workers dealing with individuals, or occasionally in little 
groups. It was the business of heaven that was carried 
on. The wares of God's market were exhibited and 
pressed on the acceptance of sinners, without money and 
without price. I could not help going back to the 
memories of other days, for in this old College Church, 
in Whitefield's time, there ministered one whose whole 
heart was in revival work. This was Dr. John Gillies, 
who not only laboriously compiled the 'Historical Col- 
lections,' one relating to remarkable periods of "the suc- 
cess of the Gospel, but used also to send forth a short 
weekly paper — a rare thing in these days — giving infor- 
mation about the work of God in America, Holland, Ger- 
many, as well as at home. What a joyful sight would 
Sabbath-night's meeting of inquirers have been to him, 
gathered on the spot where he so often, and so pathetic- 
ally, called on his people to cry for the outpouring of the 
Holy Spirit on Glasgow and Scotland ! He prefaced his 
first ' Exhortation to the Hearers in the College Kirk' by 
such burning words as these, ' Such multitudes of my 
own kin, my brothers and my sisters, going to hell, nev- 
er to get out again ! Break, break, hard heart ! You 
who read these lines, think not my words strange, but 
weep with me, if you are men, and not stones. O Thou 
who didst weep over Jerusalem, Thou alone canst give 
us comfort in this overwhelming calamity! Heavenly 
Father, for thy Son's sake, be pleased to stir up many 
diligently to preach the Kingdom, when such multitudes 
of souls are in danger of perishing!' This was in 1751. 
Who can tell but that that man of God may, even at this 
hour, have been made glad by hearing the tidings told, 
'in the presence of the angels of God,' that many sinners 



124 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

are repenting in Glasgow, and that there have been many 
who looked to Calvary, from the spot where he used so 
to yearn over souls? 

^^ Wednesday, February 26th. — Yesterday's noon meeting 
was full of interest. Dr. Cairns, from Berwick, presided. 
He read Isa.xii. previous to telling us some of the 'ex- 
cellent things' which the Lord has been doing in Ber- 
wick. After ' declaring his doings,' he earnestly and 
lovingly urged all ministers and believers to use this 
present tide-time, by going to individuals, and not wait- 
ing till they came to ask. Mr. Moody afterward took 
up this remark, enforcing it, and pressing it on all who 
would win souls; for when the Son of Man came to 
'save,' he first of all went to ''seek'' the lost. The City 
Hall evening meeting had been specially kept for friends, 
from places situated on the railway, who had intimated 
their desire to come, but there were fully as many pres- 
ent from the city. The most memorable meeting that 
evening was that of the young men in Ewing Place 
Chapel at nine o'clock. A deputation of four young 
men from Edinburgh began the evening's work, each in 
turn speaking with persuasive earnestness. Then Dr. 
Cairns, with freshness and fervor, as if he had returned 
to the days of his youth, addressed them, and was follow- 
ed by Eev. J. H. Wilson, from Edinburgh, who brought 
them to the point, 'Why not to-night?' When Mr. 
Moody came in, he saw the impression resting on the 
meeting, and proposed that at once, on the spot, oppor- 
tunity should be given of dealing with all who desired 
to take Christ as theirs. The three front seats of the 
church were cleared, and an invitation given to those 
young men present, who professed to have this desire, to 



GLASGOW. 125 

come forward. The seats were inimediatelj filled, and 
when three other seats had been cleared as before, an- 
other stream of young men poured in. Some one pres- 
ent counted in all one hundred and one, and there were 
others who felt as those who came forward, though they 
kept their seats. During prayer intense emotion was 
manifested by many, and an awful solemnity was felt to 
pervade the place. It was a night not to be forgotten. 
Christian friends remained conversing with the anxious 
till about twelve o'clock. And next night the chapel 
was filled with nine hundred or one thousand young 
men, who were again addressed by the deputation from 
Edinburgh and others. When Mr. Sankey had sung 
'Almost Persuaded,' Mr. Moody asked all to retire, ex- 
cept those who wished to converse about their souls' sal- 
vation. There must have been not fewer than one hun- 
dred and forty who remained, and Christian workers 
were occupied with them till near twelve o'clock. It 
was a glorious harvest-field. 

^^Thursday, February 26th. — To-day's noon meeting was 
lively and warm. After singing and presenting to the 
Lord in silent and public prayer the numerous requests, 
Matt, vii., 7-11, was read, in connection with which Mr. 
Moody detailed several most interesting answers to 
prayer he had just heard of in letters from America. 
One of the cases was the following: He had once, after 
most urgent solicitation, preached in a small church on 
the prairies, where one Christian woman continued pray- 
ing day and night for the pleasure-loving young peo- 
ple, whose only enjoyment seemed to be the song and 
the dance. A letter received that morning brought the 
cheering tidings that in that same spot thirty-two young 



126 THE WOBK OF GOD IN OREAT BBITAIK 

men were now on the Lord's side, and working for him. 
Mr. Keaj, of Free Trinity Church, spoke of last night as 
the most fruitful in his ministry. He had been detained 
in his vestry for five hours, partly conversing with in- 
quirers, and partly hearing the story of deliverance given 
to awakened ones. Dr. Buchanan, Free College Church, 
read a letter from all the evangelical ministers of Kirk- 
wall, and thirty elders, inviting our beloved and honored 
American brethren to come and help them. He then 
asked all to unite in prayer for these brethren in the 
Orkney Isles. 

" On the memorable Tuesday night of the young 
men's meeting, a youth from Ireland was led, on his 
way to the theatre, to turn aside into Ewing Place Chap- 
el, and it became his birthplace for eternity. He had 
come to town with a full purpose of finding out its gay- 
eties and pleasures, and of returning home to tell his 
companions what he had enjoyed. That night he was 
' apprehended' by the Holy Spirit, under the solemn, stir- 
ring appeals of the deputation from Edinburgh. When 
opportunity to come forward for special prayer was given 
to all who would fain be decided for the Lord, he press- 
ed forward at once ; all the time that prayer was offer- 
ed by various pleaders, his one cry from the heart was, 
'Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!' He saw and un- 
derstood the way of salvation, but one difficulty remain- 
ed, viz., 'What would he feel or do on the morrow?' 
This difficulty, however, was removed by the remark of 
one with whom he conversed, who said, ' Surely, if you 
trust Jesus to save you, you may trust him to keep you 
ever after.' He returned to his room that night only to 
tell his astonished friend that now he was a new crea- 



GLASGOW. 127 

ture. Every thought about theatre, opera, amusement, 
had given place to the one absorbing thought of salva- 
tion, and a Saviour found!" 

FOURTH LETTER. 

" ' There is something far better than gold. God thinks 
so little of gold that in the New Jerusalem it is used for 
paving the streets.' In one of his Bible-readings Mr. 
Moody made the above remark, and every Christian 
man will understand it. The joy of winning souls, and 
of seeing souls won to Christ, is better joy than the 
world's best. And the Lord is giving largely of his 
gladness to his own at this time. 

'' The ' thanksgivings ' at the various meetings are 
worthy of notice, were it only in the way of reminding 
our readers that, like frankincense put to the meat-offer- 
ing (Lev. ii., 2), this grace must be in actual exercise 
wherever true prayer is going up. ^ Li every thing by 
prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving' (Phil, iv., 6), 
is the divine rule. The leper who has been blessed must 
return to give glory to God. 

" There is a children's meeting held every Saturday ; 
it is crowded. Other persons are not admitted unless 
they are bringing some children with them. As yet, 
there is no very general movement among the young, 
though there are many cases of decided conversion in sev- 
eral of our Sabbath-schools. When Mr. E. P. Hammond 
was here among us, six years ago, the great blessing 
came on the young, and only drops fell on the older ones. 
The Lord is sovereign as to times and ways of working. 

"Every night at nine o'clock the young men meet, 
and the work among them makes steady progress. On 



128 , THE WORE OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN, 

Monday evening Mr. Moody, as usual, came in near the 
close of the hour, read Rom. x., 10, and made some hap- 
py remarks on the importance of 'confessing Christ with 
the mouth.' Through neglect of this many are left in 
something like darkness, and have little joy. We ought 
to speak for Christ ; at the same time we must beware 
of spiritual pride. Heart utterances are what we want, 
not flowing eloquence. Whenever the devil whispers, 
' That was a good address,' you are in danger. 

"After a hymn had been sung, an opportunity w^as 
given to those recently brought to Christ to tell ' how 
great things the Lord had done for them, and how he 
had had compassion on them ' (Mark v., 19). The fii'st 
young man who spoke began by saying, 'I was one of 
the one hundred and one.' He meant by this expres- 
sion to refer to the memorable Tuesday night last week, 
when a breathing of the Holy Spirit passed through the 
assembly, and one hundred and one young men came to 
the front seats, asking to be prayed for, and guided into 
the truth. The speaker added, 'I have been wishing to 
be saved for many years. When those who were snre 
that they w^ere Christians were asked to stand up, I felt 
that I could not honestly do so, though I was a member 
of the church, a Sabbath-school teacher, and was one of 
the ten who had sent in a request for our warehouse 
for prayer on our behalf I kept my seat. Mr. Moody 
then asked all that were Christians to leave the three 
front pews. I occupied one of these, and when the oth- 
ers went out I kept my place. Thinking that I had, per- 
haps, misunderstood him, Mr. Moody kindly said to me, 
"Are you not a Christian?" I said, "I am not." But 
that very night I found Christ.' 



GLASGOW. 129 

"A joung student next spoke. ' I also was one of the 
one hundred and one that night. Though taking part 
in Christian work, I felt my need of what I had not 
found. That night, at the meeting for conversation, five 
of the young men in succession spoke to me; and, un- 
known to the other, quoted to me John v., 24, " Verily, 
verily I say unto you, He that heareth my word and be- 
lieveth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life." I 
was at length enabled to apprehend the truth, and I now 
thank the Lord for saving me, and pray that all here may 
be brought to Christ.' 

"Another spoke : ' I had been seeking Christ a long 
time. That night, when I was going away without re- 
lief, Mr. Moody came up and took me kindly by the 
hand. He looked at me — I might say he put his two 
eyes right through mine — and asked me if I would take 
Christ now. I could not speak, but my heart said, Yes.' 

"The above may give some idea of the intensely in- 
teresting scene. A dozen more declared what God had 
done for their souls. Not only on that night, but on 
some of the after-evenings, a similar scene has been wit- 
nessed. Last night, one very intelligent young man told 
briefly, but very clearly, what his state had been till he 
was awakened on Sabbath evening last, and how misera- 
ble he had been on the following days, not being able to 
see that salvation was for him. Getting a ray of light, 
he went home, read John iii., ^Q^ ' He that believeth on 
the Son hath everlasting life,' and sought on his knees 
to be led into the truth. 'And,' he added, ' God heard 
me. I believed then ; I believe now ; I am a ransomed 
soul.' And that the Lord is in these meetings who could 
doubt, who saw, two nights ago, sixty or seventy of these 

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180 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

young men, when the invitation was given, rise up from 
their seats, as an intimation that thej desired to be pray- 
ed for, and be led to Christ? Our Scottish youth are 
not at all demonstrative in regard to their feelings; it 
is not usual for them to tell out what is passing in their 
hearts on the subject of their state toward God ; and this 
fact makes the present movement all the more remark- 
able. Till they have got faith they are slow to speak 
about their /eeZw?^5. 

'' On Wednesday, at midday, there was a prayer-meet- 
ing of fathers for their children, and on Thursday of 
mothers. To-day a meeting of sisters was held in Ewing 
Place Chapel, to which so many came that the place was 
filled. I understand that there was deep solemnity in 
the meeting, and much impression. Mr. Moody stepped 
in to speak an encouraging and guiding word; and it 
may be this meeting of sisters may yet become a mighty 
power among the young women of Glasgow." 

FIFTH LETTER. 

"One day thanks were given for a person who had 
been blessed while the hymn, 'Jesus of Nazareth passeth 
by,' was being sung; and several other cases were re- 
ported, in which the same hymn had been blessed. Last 
night I met a Christian working-man, who joyfully in- 
formed me that 'in the building-yard where he worked 
this week there had been two boys and three men brought 
to Christ.' ' I give thanks for six,' was on a paper hand- 
ed in at the prayer-meeting; while a disciple, who had for 
many years been pleading for the conversion of near and 
dear relatives, asked the meeting to join him in thanks- 
giving for a daughter saved, a nephew, and several nieces. 



GLASGOW. 131 

"A lady asked prayer for her own conversion, stating, 
' I have come from Switzerland on purpose to be present 
at the meetings. I have every reason to believe in the 
power of prayer, having been cured through prayer, at 
a small village in Switzerland, after having been danger- 
ously ill for thirteen years. I should be extremely sor- 
ry to leave Glasgow without receiving what I came for. 
I have been well brought up, but am not a Christian.' 
A case like this reminds us of Acts v., 16 : ' Then came 
a multitude out of the cities round about, bringing their 
sick folks, and them that were vexed with unclean spir- 
its.' 

"And yet more, this other, from a person about twenty 
miles out of town : 'Dear Sir, — Would you kindly for- 
ward four tickets to admit to the morning meeting on 
Sabbath first to the City Hall. I have never had the 
pleasure of being present at any of these precious meet- 
ings that have been held in Glasgow, though a constant 
reader of the reports given ; but I will be in Glasgow on 
Sabbath first, along with three friends. Going in the 
spirit of anxious inquirers, we pray God that it may be 
our blessed privilege to come home, having found that 
Christ is indeed precious to each of us.' 

"Another day at noon, four young men, from a mining 
district in Ayrshire, were found waiting at the close of 
the meeting to speak to Mr. Moody, if possible. He had 
gone out; but they sat down in the inquiry room with 
one of the ministers who was still there. 'Are you all 
of one mind? are you all in Christ?' was the question 
put to them. ' Three of us are Christ's, but our friend 
here (pointing to the fourth) is not.' The minister en- 
tered into conversation with the unsaved but anxious 



182 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIK 

one, and found out his state of mind. He showed him 
that Christ was offering to be his substitute, and to ap- 
pear in the presence of God for him, and asked, 'Will 
you believe in him as he so offers himself to you?' In 
a moment the lad's countenance changed, and, half spring- 
in or from his seat, he struck the Bible with his hand, ex- 
claiming, 'I see it all!' The scale had fallen from his 
eyes, and he, with his three friends, who had been to him 
like the friends of the palsied man, left the room to re- 
turn home by the train rejoicing. 

"At the Young Men's meeting in Ewing Place Chapel 
on Tuesday evening, Mr. John Burns, of Castle Wemyss, 
presided, and gave a most hearty address. He read 
from and held up the character of JSTehemiah. 'We 
business men in this great city are exposed to many 
temptations, and are often in great perplexity. Let us, 
like Nehemiah, "pray to the Grod of heaven." Speak- 
ing from experience, I can testify to the value of prayer 
in the case of business men. I have great faith in prayer, 
silent and instant prayer. We have not time during the 
day, in the midst of business, to go to our knees; but let 
our hearts go up.' He was followed in a few words by 
Archdeacon M'Lean. As usual, a large number of the 
young men waited for inquiry. One of themselves, on 
Wednesday evening, spoke as follows, and his words 
were felt by all present : ' I would like to say a word as 
to the power of prayer. Seven years ago, about a stone's- 
throw from where we now stand, a young sneering infidel 
retired to his bed on a Sabbath evening. About three 
hours after, that same youth rose and cried to God to 
have mercy on his soul. Some of 3^ou may say, " Oh, 
that's a story made up, and far-fetched." No, it is not. 



GLASGOW. 133 

I was that youtb. When I retired to bed, three of my 
vouno^ friends were assembled in another room, wrestlinsr 
with God for my conversion. I could not sleep. I arose 
and went in to them, and asked them to pray for my 
soul. I found the Saviour; and blessed be his name, I 
have followed him ever since. My companions scoffed, 
and said that it would soon pass away ; but I have been 
kept. I have tasted all the pleasures of life in other 
days, but I am here to testify that the love of Jesus is 
sweeter than all. Young men, do not be deceived ; the 
pleasures and the philosophies of this world pass away. 
Take Christ, and he will satisfy the longing soul.' Night 
after night there are not only such addresses, and many 
inquirers, but also many conversions." 

Dr. Bonar's letters, which we regret we can not give 
in full, describe the work from February 8th, 1874, to 
March 13th. The tide, which had now risen in its full 
power, continued to flow on, bearing its blessing to 
houses and shops, foctories and ship -yards, the man- 
sions of the rich and the hovels of the poor, churches 
and Sunday-schools, institutions of learning and literary 
circles. The revival was, like the air and the sunlight, 
enjoyed by all classes. In the streets might be daily 
seen crowds from the best society, children in their Sun- 
day attire, young men representing the various profes- 
sions, hardy workmen, with anxious faces, wending their 
way to the Crystal Palace, or some large church or hall, 
drawn by curiosity or sympathy, or by the desire to 
know what they must do to be saved. 

The interest in the noon-day meetings, the gatherings 
of the children, and the meetings for inquirers continued 
to be fully sustained. Tidings of new converts were 



134 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

constantly brouglit to the earnest workers in this won- 
derful vineyard of the Lord. On Sunday morning, 
March 15th, three thousand young men assembled in 
the City Hall to listen to Mr. Moody's lecture on Daniel. 
At the close of the service Mr. Sankey sung "Daniel's 
Band," and " Hold the Fort," the vast assemblage join- 
ing in the choruses. The clear, strong voices of such a 
multitude of young men, and the spiritual atmosphere 
through which the tones resounded, gave to the service 
a marvelous power. 

Sabbath-evening meetings were begun in the eastern 
district of the city, and during the week four meetings 
were held for young men in different parts of the city, 
besides those for ministers, for parents, and for ordinary 
congregations. 

MEETING IN A BUILDING- YARD. 

On March 30th Messrs. Moody and Sankey were pres- 
ent at the daily prayer-meeting in the ship-building yard 
of Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Crlasgow. 
There was a large attendance of the working-men, the 
numbers being variously estimated from fifteen hundred 
to two thousand, and all the partners of the firm were 
also present. All listened with eager interest as Mr. 
Sankey opened the meeting by singing with great pathos 
the well-known solo, "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by." 
Thereafter Eev. Eobert Howie led the prayers of the 
meeting, and another solo, singularly appropriate, " The 
Life-boat," was sung by Mr. Sankey. Mr. Moody then 
delivered a most solemn and stirring address from the 
words, " I bring you glad tidings of great joy ;" and 
there seemed to be a deep impression produced. At the 



GLASGOW. 135 

close he expressed the delight he experienced in address- 
ing such an interesting audience, and intimated that ar- 
rangements would be made bj the Central Evangelistic 
Committee for sending similar aid from time to time, to 
those seeking thus to honor the Saviour, and obtain bless- 
ings for themselves and others. Mr. Stephen, speaking 
in the name of both employers and employes, expressed 
thanks to Messrs. Moody and Sankey for their kindness 
in thus complying with the request sent to them last 
week, and exhorted all present to show their gratitude 
by accepting of Christ. The meeting was brought to a 
close by Mr. Sankey singing the solo, " Prodigal Child." 

A praise-meeting was held in the City Hall, April 5th, 
and as the prayers and songs of thanksgiving ascended, 
the heavens seemed to touch the earth. Both worlds ap- 
peared to mingle, and become one of inexpressible joy. 

A large Church Convention was held April 16th, to 
survey the doings of the Lord, and seek strength and 
wisdom for the future. Never was there a revival in 
which Grod's hand was more distinctly seen than in this. 
Ministers and people recognize it to an extent that gives 
great encouragement for future work. They see that 
not only the vineyard is the Lord's, but the workmen, 
the seed, and the rain and sunshine that bring forth the 
harvests, are all his. 

Mr. Moody's views in regard to the Holy Spirit are 
most valuable, and if adopted by Christians generally 
would vastly augment the power of the Church. A 
writer in the British Evangelist for March 16th, 1874, 
says : 

"We heard Mr. Moody on Tuesday make several 
important statements, which showed clearly where his 



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great power lies. He declared that he believed that it 
was wrong to be waiting for God to do something in or- 
der to our being saved, for God had both given his Son 
and given his Holy Spirit; Christ had finished the work 
of making atonement for oar sins; and the Holy Ghost 
had come from heaven after Christ had ascended, and he 
had remained on earth for these eighteen hundred years, 
and not gone back to heaven. We heard him say in 
substance, 'I have no sympathy with those who pray for 
the Holy Ghost to come, as if he had left this earth and 
gone back to heaven, and needed to be sent or poured 
out again from heaven ; but I have great sj^mpathy with 
those who pray that the Holy Spirit who has been given 
by God once for all, and is consequently always on the 
earth, and does not need to be prayed down afresh from 
heaven every time an awakening takes place or souls are 
converted, should put forth his gracious power in quick- 
ening dead souls and in filling believers, so that sinners 
may be saved, and saints may be wholly consecrated to 
the Lord's service.' 

"The Holy Ghost is just as truly on this earth as Je- 
sus was in the days of his flesh ; and as it would have 
looked very strange to have prayed God to send down 
Christ from heaven when he was walking among them 
in person, preaching, teaching, healing the sick, and do- 
ing many mighty works; so equally unintelligent would 
it be now to pray for the Holy Ghost to be sent down 
from heaven, when we read in God's Word that he has 
been thus sent, and is in the Church, and is giving such 
unequivocal tokens of his presence. None of us ever 
heard Mr. Moody pray for the outpouring of the Holy 
Ghost, as if be were not here. He prays most fervently 



GLASGOW. 137 

for an ever-present Spirit to work mightily, his whole 
dependence being in having the Holy Ghost with him, 
but not to come from heaven, he being now always on 
earth to glorify Jesns. 

" The Hol}^ Ghost was not given when Christ was on 
earth. This is not theory, but Scripture: 'But this he 
spake of the Spirit which they that believe on him should 
receive ; for the Holy Ghost was not yet given because 
that Jesus was not yet glorified' (John vii., 39). He 
came at Pentecost (Acts ii.) ; and he is still on the earth 
(1 Cor. iii., 16). ' What! know ye not that your body is 
the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you?' (1 Cor. 
vi, 19). 

"This is a point of vital importance for both saint 
and sinner, and it is one of Mr. Moody's sources of 
strength that he knows that the Holy Ghost is in every 
place before him, and nobody needs to wait for his com- 
ing down from heaven, but to use all right and scriptural 
means to get and keep in connection with his life-giving 
presence and power. His 'Jachin and Boaz' are a liv- 
ing Christ and a present Spirit. Oh that we all be- 
lieved as Scripturally in the Holy Ghost, and counted 
on him being with us; then we should have power also! 
The Holj^ Ghost given, and always present, gives con- 
stant strength to the saint who leans upon him, and cuts 
off all excuse from the sinner as if he needed to be wait- 
ing for the coming of the Spirit; for the Spirit abiding 
on the earth is waiting on sinners to bless and save, and 
that when pressed, as Mr. Moody does it, necessitates im- 
mediate decision, and admits of no delay. This great 
fact that the Holy Ghost is permanently on the earth is 
the sheet-anchor of the Church, and should be pressed 



138 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

incessantly that we may have what the Scripture sanc- 
tions, 'praying in the Holy Ghost.' 

"Pray 'in the Holy Grhost' — which can not be done 
unless we are 'in the Spirit,' and the Spirit in us: but 
pray 'according to the Scriptures.' And we can not 
do so if we are crying, 'Oh that thou w^ouldst rend the 
heavens, that thou wouldst come down,' for he is down, 
and your body is his temple; or if we pray that the 
windows of heaven may be opened and the Holy Ghost 
sent down or poured out. What, then, is Scriptural? 
Only that which acknowledges the abiding presence of 
the Comforter, according to Christ's word, 'He shall 
abide with you forever.' Pray that a present Spirit may 
work every needful work as the lepers, the blind, the 
halt, and lame prayed a present Jesus in the days when 
he was on earth, to give healing, and received it. 

"Let us be living in conscious communion with Christ, 
and in loving fellowship with the living God, as those 
who are breathing every moment the Holy Ghost as our 
spiritual atmosphere, and let us pray that he would do 
all for us and others, converted and unconverted, that 
the Holy Scriptures tells us he has come down from 
heaven to do. Eeject the unbelief that looks upon him 
as having gone back to heaven, and cherish the faith that 
recognizes him as here being given to all who believe, 
and let us go into contact with saints and sinners 'minis- 
tering the Spirit' like saints of old (Gal. iii.), as well as 
ministering the Word; and if we thus 'live in the Spir- 
it' and 'walk in the Spirit,' we shall take hold of people 
in the strangelj^ mysterious but all-conquering power of 
the Holy Ghost, and they will feel themselves moved, 
melted, and won by us, as by the priests of God who 
come forth from the Holy of Holies." 



GLASGOW. 139 

Would that those precious words might sink deep into 
the hearts of God's people ! Why should we not also 
associate more intimately the Holy Spirit with spiritual 
songs? These songs are spiritual, not simply because 
they express spiritual thoughts and themes, but because 
the Holy Spirit is, or is ready to be, in the songs, mov- 
ing with the melody and breathing in the music. In 
this connection we read with special interest, in the Brit- 
ish Evangelist for March 80th, 1874, the following ac- 
count of 

MR. SANKEY's music AND SINGING-. 

" No stranger who has ever visited Glasgow has been 
privileged to sing to such numerous, crowded, and at- 
tentive audiences as Mr. Sankey. He has introduced 
among us a style of music which to a great extent is new 
in public worship. In Scotland, our service of praise 
has been hitherto chiefly confined to the use of psalms. 
In many of our churches hymns have been used to a 
considerable extent, and gradually this style of music is 
finding its way among all denominations. Mr. Sankey 
has given us a clearer understanding of what is meant 
under the third division of the apostle's classification, 
viz., spiritual songs. He literally ' sings the Gospel,' 
just as truly and not less powerfully than his friend Mr. 
Moody preaches it. This element of solo singing in 
public worship is quite new to us in Scotland, and has 
proved to be so eff'ective, so attractive, and has been so 
much blessed among us, that it is to be hoped that many 
who are gifted with the power of song may take cour- 
age and be induced to follow Mr. Sankey's example, and 
use this power of song as a new means of bringing the 



140 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

truths, of the Gospel before the masses of our people. 
The charm and power of Mr. Sankey's singing are its 
intense earnestness, and the clear, plain, simple enuncia- 
tion of every word sung. It is manifest to every one 
that he feels intensely the truth he is singing, and that 
he is determined that every one shall hear it and feel 
it also. He comes with a divine message to his audi- 
ence, and sets himself to make it known to every one 
and to be realized by all ; hence the deep impression 
produced by his singing. What he sings is nothing new 
to us, but how he sings is very new indeed. His songs 
are simple. The subject is the old, old story. The 
words are plain and pleasant, but nothing extraordi- 
nary; often not to be compared to those of our well- 
known psalms and hymns. The music is generally pret- 
ty and pleasant, but little more ; a small portion of it 
has any claim to originality. Much of it is so Scottish 
and Irish in its construction that to our people, familiar 
with such music, it is sometimes difficult to realize that 
what we hear is sacred song. Usually short turns and 
strains remind us irresistibly of something we know, but 
can not recall. In some of the melodies the effect is 
more marked. Who does not feel the sw^eetness of fa- 
miliar Irish melody in 'Sweet By-and-by,' and the 'Yal- 
ley of Blessing,' and the thorough Scottish ring in such 
songs as ' Hold the Fort,' ' Sweet Hour of Prayer,' ' The 
Gate ajar,' 'Here am I; send me,' and many others. 

"It takes us by surprise to hear Gospel truth wafted 
in the strains of our national music; but is it not possi- 
ble that this may be the true, though unexpected, reason 
why these simple songs have found such a direct and 
wonderful entrance to the Scottish heart? Mr. Sankey 



GLASGOW. 141 

has a fine, full, soft barytone voice, well trained, and over 
which he has complete mastery — the organ he uses as a 
mere accessory, though sometimes its help is not bene- 
ficial — for instance, in the song ' I am so glad,' the effect 
of the compound triple-time is very striking, being quite 
unknown to us in church music, but the organ, having 
no accent, can not mark this effect, and the first line is 
always heard in a monotonous staccato style, which un- 
fortunately our audiences are too ready to follow. 

"When Mr. Sankey sings clearly out, so as to drown 
the organ, it is all right ; but when our choirs and con- 
gregations are left alone to sing this song, they do so in 
an undecided common-time, greatly marring its beauty. 
In the" chorus the effect is generally better, for the mark- 
ed accent of the words helps to keep them right. Mr. 
Sankey's singing has not the least pretension to be ar- 
tistic ; nothing can be more plain and natural. The mu- 
sic with him is a secondary matter; the words are of the 
first importance. He sings the words and brings out 
their full meaning and expression. The music is made 
subservient, and in time and accent is constantly varied, 
so as to fit the words. What a contrast to what we usu- 
ally hear in our churches! Our leaders and our choirs 
do their best to sing the music, but too often treat the 
words as if they were of little or no consequence. We 
do not go to church to hear music, but to offer a service 
of praise. Music is not praise, but only the means by 
which praise is expressed. To the great shame of our 
churches, this, the chief end of praise, has been almost 
entirely overlooked. Let us hope it has been through 
inadvertence ; and let all interested in the praise of the 
sanctuary learn the lessons which have been taught to 



142 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

US bj our transatlantic brethren — first by the Jubilee 
Singers, and now by Mr. Sankey — that music is but the 
handmaid of praise ; that it is the duty of our congrega- 
tions to do their very utmost to perfect themselves in the 
art of singing, so that they may be able to adorn with 
new beauty the words they sing, and to bring out their 
truth with proper expression and full effectiveness and 
power." 

It is our privilege to recognize the agency of the 
Holy Spirit in every thing that advances the cause of 
Christ. We may see it in prompting gifted and liberal 
men to faithfully report the progress of the Lord's work, 
showing the real elements that underlie it, and their act- 
ual results not only to the Christian world, but also to 
all men who are susceptible to evidence. 

Among the numerous sketches of the revival in Glas- 
gow, there appeared one in the North British Daily Mail 
that should be read by every skeptic, formalist, and 
doubter, with the prayer (if he can be induced to 
pray), " Lord, open thou mine eyes, that I may see won- 
drous things out of thy law." 

We offer no apology for the length of the paper, as no 
portion of it should be omitted : 

"During the six days beginning with Tuesday of last 
week, the suburb of Billhead was nine times flood- 
ed with crowds hurrying to the Crystal Palace. This 
unique glass house is the largest place of public assembly 
in Scotland, and can seat about four thousand, while a 
thousand or two more may be crowded into it. Tuesday 
evening was for the young women. Hundreds appealed 
in vain for tickets after seven thousand five hundred had 
been distributed, and hundreds who had them struggled 



GLASGOW. 143 

in vain for admission. The building was crowded up 
to the fainting point, and the meeting was partly spoiled 
by its numerical success. On Wednesday the young 
men who were ticket-holders darkened the Great West- 
ern road more than an hour before the time of meeting. 
All comers were welcome on Thursday, so long as there 
was any room. In spite of the rain the Palace was fill- 
ed by seven o'clock, and about one half of the audience 
seemed to be young men of the middle classes. On Fri- 
day the noon prayer-meeting was transferred to the Pal- 
ace, which was comfortably filled with the better, or bet- 
ter-ofP, classes. Friday evening's meeting was the most 
significant of the series. Tickets for it were given only 
to those who, on applying for them in person, declared 
that they believed themselves to have been converted 
since January 1st, and gave their names, addresses, and 
church connection, which information, we are told, is to 
be forwarded to their several pastors. It was publicly 
stated that about three thousand five hundred had re- 
ceived tickets on these conditions. As the Americans did 
not arrive till six weeks after New Year's, and as the 
tickets were not exclusively for the frequenters of their 
meetings, it was hardly fair in one of our contemporaries 
to insinuate that the object was to number and ticket 
Moody's converts. The children had their turn on Sat- 
urday at noon, and the working- people at night. On 
Sunday morning the young women were admitted by 
ticket, and at six o'clock p.m. the Palace was filled both 
inside and outside, as an Irishman would say. While 
several ministers, along with Mr. Sankey, conducted the 
service inside, Mr. Moody addressed a crowd in the open 
air that filled the whole space between the Palace and 



144 THE WORE OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

the gate of the- Botanic Gardens. Many hundreds did 
not even get the length of the garden gate. The esti- 
mates of the vast throng — mere guess-work, of course 
— range from fifteen to thirty thousand. A month ago, 
in the same place and under the same auspices, an- 
other meeting was held for six and a half hours. We re- 
fer to the ' Christian Convention,' which Dr. Cairns de- 
clared to be 'unparalleled in the history of the Scotch, 
perhaps of British, Christianity.' It was reported that 
about five thousand were present, of whom some two 
thousand were ministers and office-bearers from Scotland 
and the North of England. 

"ISTow these are conspicuous facts, and challenge the 
respectful attention and sympathy of all, whatever their 
religious views may be, were it on no higher principle 
than that of the ancient poet, 'I am a man, and deem 
nothing human uninteresting to me.' Some have al- 
ready photographed the humorous side of these religious 
assemblies, and proved what, we dare say, nobody will 
deny, that some blemishes cleave to them. We are per- 
suaded, however, that many of our readers will not be 
disinclined to look at the higher aspects of ' these won- 
drous gatherings day by day ;' for we are not aware that 
so many large and representative meetings have been 
drawn together in Glasgow by any cause or interest 
whatever during the present century. Here is a novel 
addition to ' the May meetings ' — a new General Assem- 
bly, with representatives of almost every class of society 
and every Protestant Church in the land. 

" The religious movement, of which these meetings 
are the most outstanding manifestation, dates, so far as 
it met the public eye from ' the week of prayer ' in the 



GLASGOW. 145 

beginning of January. The ministers and office-bearers 
of almost all the churches then met, and formed a com- 
mittee to arrange for united prayer-meetings, and also 
for the expected visit of the American evangelists. The 
record of what was going on in the North of England, 
and especially in Edinburgh, had previously inflamed, as 
well as informed, many of the more receptive and sym- 
pathetic souls. Tokens of growing interest had also been 
appearing in many quarters; and evangelistic services, 
such as those conducted by Mr. Brownlow North and 
others, had indicated that the spiritual thermometer was 
steadily rising. During the first week of January St. 
George's Church was crowded at noon, while the over- 
flow was accommodated in Hope Street Free Gaelic 
Church. After the first fortniojht Welli no-ton Street 
United Presbyterian Church was made the centre, where, 
on an average, about a thousand met daily for prayer. 
In the second week of February, Messrs. Moody and San- 
key began their work among us ; and for the last three 
months they have conducted meetings every day, with a 
few exceptions. The mind experiences a sense of fa- 
tigue in detailing their efforts. They certainly have not 
spared themselves. Here is something like an average 
week-day's work: twelve to one o'clock, prayer-meet- 
ing; one to two o'clock, conversation with individuals; 
four to five o'clock, Bible lecture, attended by some 
twelve or fifteen hundred; seven to half- past eight 
o'clock, evangelistic meeting, with inquiry meeting at 
close; nine to ten o'clock, young men's meeting. The 
tale of some Sabbath-day's work is even heavier: nine to 
ten o'clock, City Hall ; eleven to half-past twelve o'clock, 
a church service; five to seven o'clock, women's; seven 

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146 THE WORK OF GOD IN QUE AT BRITAIK 

to nine o'clock, men's meetings in City Hall. Yery few 
men possess, or at least exercise, such powers of serv- 
ice; though, in addition to the aid from the realm be- 
yond on which true workers rely, we doubt not that 
congenial and successful Christian work may sustain a 
man beyond any other form of human effort. Admis- 
sion to these meetings was usually by ticket, a necessary 
precaution against perilous overcrowding. The anima- 
ted scenes of last week in the Botanic Gardens prove 
that the interest has not waned, even after three months 
use and wont, had worn off the edge of novelty. 

"Accepting this as a genuine Christian work, it may 
be worth while to fix attention on some of its leading 
characteristics and results. We would say here, in pass- 
ing, that we can not well understand why some educated 
minds, without granting a hearing, condemn religious re- 
vivals out-and-out on philosophical grounds. Yiewed 
on the human side, the philosophy of revivals, as they 
term it, is just a department of the philosophy of history. 
In no region has progress been uniformly steady and 
gradual ; but it has been now and then by great strides, 
by fits and starts, and such events as the Germans call 
epoch-making. In all the affairs of men there have been 
tides with full floods. Every channel along which hu- 
man energies pour themselves has had its ' freshets.' We 
are all familiar with revivals in trade, science, literature, 
arts, and politics. Times of refreshing and visitation are 
not much more frequent in sacred than in secular history ; 
and they indicate the most interesting and fruitful pe- 
riods in both. 

"To say that the work betrays some imperfections, 
and that there have been many objectors, is only to say 



GLASGOW. 147 

what has been justly said of every great enterprise, civil 
and religious. But this revival seems to be distinguish- 
ed from all previous revivals by the circumstance that 
it has been indorsed by something like the catholic con- 
sent of the churches. From the outset, nearly all our 
leading ministers, and not a few of our foremost laymen, 
identified themselves with it. They sat and sung to- 
gether on the pulpit stairs and platform at the daily 
prayer - meeting. A Highland member of the Free 
Church Presbytery lately protested against some of the 
accompaniments; and in a court that numbers about one 
hundred and fifty members, there was not one to second 
his lament. One of our most conservative churches — 
the Eeformed Presbyterian — gave its unanimous and cor- 
dial approval the other day at its Synod. 

" The unfriendly letter-writers fall into two classes. 
Some sign themselves clergymen, and are much exercised 
about their clerical status. If any in these days will 
make it their chief concern to stand upon their official 
dignity, they shall find by-and-by that they have not 
much ground to stand upon. Ko evangelists, however, 
have come among us who have more respected the po- 
sition and influence of the ministers. Mr. Moody's first 
statement at his first meeting in the City Hall was, that 
he met with the Sabbath-school teachers first, because he 
knew that no class would welcome him more heartily, 
with the single exception of the ministers, and that it 
would be presumption in him to lecture them. The 
other class of unfriendly critics write in the interest of 
intellectualism and culture in its ' broadest ' sense. We 
suspect that the 'sages,' whose profession is, as one of 
themselves has said, that they are neither great sinners 



148 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

nor great saints, are the enemies of revivals only because 
they are the enemies of the things revived. Would 
they object, for instance, to a revival that gave body and 
popular attractions to the worn-out ideas which they 
commend as the ne plus ultra of attainable truth? At 
all events, it will not do for them to say that only the 
women and the children have been attracted, for there 
has been nightly a most imposing muster of the vigorous 
manhood of our city, and the City Hall has been often 
found too small to accommodate the men who flocked to 
some of the special services. 

"Mr. Moody is very fortunate in having such a col- 
league as Mr. Sankej^ He has enriched evangelistic 
work by something approaching the discovery of a new 
power. He spoils the Egyptians of their finest music, 
and consecrates it to the service of the tabernacle. Mu- 
sic in his hands is, more than it has yet been, the hand- 
maid of the Gospel, and the voice of the heart. We 
have seen many stirred and melted by his singing be- 
fore a word had been spoken. Indeed, his singing is 
just a powerful, distinct, and heart- toned way of speak- 
ing, that seems often to reach the heart by a short cut, 
when mere speaking might lose the road. Most people 
admit that the work has been conducted in a very calm 
and sober-minded fashion. Mr. Moody is credited with 
a large share of shrewdness and common sense. He has 
not yielded to the temptations that powerfully assail his 
class. He does not give himself out to be coddled and 
petted by well-meaning but injudicious admirers. We 
have not noticed in him that offensive affectation of su- 
perior piety that provoked a sarcastic acquaintance of 
ours to say that some revivalists seemed to begin their 



GLASGOW. 149 

story as Yirgil makes ^neas begin his, 'I am the pious 
^neas.' He keeps close to the essentials, and is free 
from such crotchets as often narrow the sphere and de- 
stroy the influence of evangelists. It is not irritation 
but balm, that he tries to bring to our religious divisions. 
It must be owned that a premium has not been set on 
the hysterical, the convulsive, and the sensational forms 
of religious excitement. The proverbial weakness for 
numbers has been more apparent in some of his sympa- 
thizers than in himself Nor does he make himself re- 
sponsible for the reality of every apparent conversion. 
He has set his face sternly against the religious dissipa- 
tion, in which some of his most indefatigable hearers re- 
joice. Novelty-hunters and marvel-mongers have not 
been gratified. Sight-seers have been usually excluded 
from the meetings for inquirers, and only ' workers ' 
have been admitted. That there has been nothing nec- 
essarily repellant to thoughtful and educated people is 
proved by the number of middle-class young men in 
sympathy, and by the fair proportion of them at the 
* Converts' Meeting,' and also by the crowds of genteel 
people at the quiet afternoon Bible lectures. Though 
he has introduced some novel methods, he has stuck to 
the simple old truths, and his convictions are in entire 
accord with Scottish orthodoxy. His straightforward, 
business-like, slap-dash style gives a fascinating air of re- 
ality to all he says, while his humor, capital hits, vivid 
and homely illustrations, and now and again his deep 
feeling, seldom fail to rivet the attention of his hearers. 
He has not a roundabout and far-off way of handling di- 
vine things, and hence many accuse him of abruptness, 
brusqueness, and undue familiarity. The Christian life 



150 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

he commends is manly and genial, intense, and yet not 
strained or twisted. These features go far to explain 
what would be called in America his personal magnet- 
ism. 

"Many ask, 'But will it last? What is to come out 
of all this?' In Edinburgh, they say that since the 
Americans left the impression has been steadily increas- 
ing, and that it has entered influential spheres almost un- 
touched before. The summer scatterings will severely 
test the reality of the movement, but perhaps they may 
also scatter a share of the stimulus along both sides of 
the Clyde. The avowed end from the first has been 
that the ordinary congregational channels might be 
flushed and flooded with fresh energy. Such extraordi- 
nary efforts are most successful, though their success is 
less apparent when they add new power to ordinary 
agencies. If this be the result, the friends of the move- 
ment will have no cause for disappointment, while its 
enemies will point to the absence of demonstrative ac- 
companiments, as a proof that it has entirely collapsed. 

" We may expect that something wall be gained from 
the experience of the past months. New methods of 
conducting meetings are already finding favor. Some 
may be in danger of surrendering hastily their individu- 
ality, and adopting modes of speech and action foreign 
to them. We may easily ascribe too much to the new 
methods of the American evangelists. Their success is 
due largely to the fact that they approached the Scottish 
churches on the side on which they are weakest. It 
would seem that Scottish styles are about as popular in 
America, as American styles have proved in Scotland, 
and for the very same reason. At the Evangelical Al- 



GLASGOW. 151 

liance in New York, the speakers from our country were 
most appreciated, because they were strong where Amer- 
icans felt themselves to be weak. The career of Dr. Hall 
in New York is also a notable case in point. By all 
means let us have more elasticity, and a greater readi- 
ness to adopt and adapt whatever is serviceable. But, 
after all, new methods will not help the churches a great 
deal. The surprise and force of contrast soon wear off; 
and if men go too far for a little in any direction, they 
take their revenge in abandoning what formerly they 
overpraised. Age and repetition by-and-by make the 
most skillful methods dull and conventional. The grand 
need is far deeper — an inward vitality that makes men 
and churches fresh, vigorous, and fruitful. If, as we are 
told, multitudes in all the churches have been recently 
quickened, new bottles should be made, as well as bor- 
rowed, for the new wine. 

" Some confidently expect a more general co-operation 
of Christians than has hitherto prevailed. Dr. James 
Hamilton's quaint illustration has been so far verified. 
When the tide is out, each shrimp has a little pool of 
salt water, which is to him all the ocean for the time be- 
ing. But when the rising ocean begins to lip over the 
margin of his lurking-place, one pool joins another, their 
various tenants meet and mingle, and soon they have 
ocean's boundless fields to roam in. It will be a pity 
if an ebbing tide carries each back to his little narrow 
pool. 

" The relation of this work to the masses has been 
much discussed. Those who blame Mr. Moody for not 
working among them should remember that the tickets 
for all the meetings were distributed by the ministers of 



152 THE WORK OF GOB IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

eacli district, and tbat in some cases the non-cburch-go- 
ing had the preference. Kecent speeches in presbyte- 
ries and synods show that many are anxious to give a 
home-mission direction to the movement. Quickened 
life in presence of neglected multitudes must approve its 
sincerity by zealous mission work. We hear that the 
committee have already purchased a monster tent, capa- 
ble of holding two thousand, and that it will soon be one 
of their chief rallying-points. The young ladies of the 
choir, who give invaluable aid, are likely, it is said, to 
continue at their post. This would be a very graceful 
and telling way of bringing together the East and West 
Ends. Hundreds of young ladies with splendid voices 
and an expensive musical education might thus find a 
grateful relief from ennui, and a healthful substitute for 
other excitements. The work among the masses gives 
them a fine opportunity of gaining a recompense for all 
the trouble and cost by which they have become gifted 
musicians. It will be a new power to them, and to many- 
preachers who can appreciate such co-opei^ation." 

THE FAREWELL MEETINGS IN GLASGOW. 

The interest of the mighty movement culminated in 
the farewell meeting, of which we have the following ac- 
count : 

" The last week has been a most impressive one. The 
interest may be said to have culminated in the assem- 
blages in the Kibble Palace. On Tuesday evening, the 
12th inst, a great meeting of women took place there; 
all classes and ages were largely represented, and the 
bearing of the majority was most devout. Although 
upward of five thousand were accommodated within the 



GLASGOW. 153 

building, the issue of tickets had been so liberal that 
nearly two thousand more could not gain admittance, 
and were addressed on the green outside by various cler- 
gymen. Even among those who could hear nothing the 
greatest good-humor prevailed. 

"On Wednesday night upward of seven thousand 
men managed to find sitting and standing room within 
the Palace, packing exceedingly close. The vast assem- 
blage was most decorous, and obeyed orders implicitly. 
The full, strong singing of the hymns was a sound to be 
remembered. Numbers of inquirers gathered afterward 
in the opposite church, and many could state that there 
was a good result of that night's work. 

"Admission to these two meetings had been exclusive- 
ly by ticket. On Thursday night the Palace was open to 
all; but soon the doors had to be shut, leaving large num- 
bers outside. The meetings throughout were conducted 
in the usual vigorous style, Mr. Moody being president, 
and delivering pointed addresses, clergymen and laymen 
relating their own experiences, and bringing forward in- 
stances and reports of the work elsewhere. 

" On Friday evening came the meeting for those who 
professed to have been converted during the last few 
months. The tickets for this had only been given to 
those who placed their names and addresses, and the 
names of their ministers, on a- register, opened for the 
purpose; and of which, they were informed, extracts 
would be forwarded to the clergymen to whose churches 
they belonged, thus to prevent thoughtless application 
for converts' tickets, an ultimate check being established. 
The Palace was comfortably filled, and the utmost order 
prevailed. In looking over the assemblage, it was ap- 

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154: THE WORK OF QOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

parent that the great proportion consisted of young peo- 
ple, probably under twenty-five years of age. All were 
well-dressed, clear -eyed people, in the ring of whose 
voices, when singing the opening hymn of praise, more 
than the common sound was heard. It was a glorious 
sight. Some, no doubt, may have joined that throng 
without due warrant ; but with such exceptions, each in- 
dividual had found his title clearly written in the Word 
of his Lord and Master. One instance came within our 
knowledge of two ladies who, receiving tickets under a 
misapprehension, personally came to deliver them up. 
This was the more honorable, as many would have en- 
tered by any means in their power, had the register not 
stood in the way. An instance, indeed, occurred of one 
old lady, who, having made up her mind to enter, would 
take no denial, and indignantly gave the peculiar reason 
for insistence, that she was well known to the best people 
of the West End, and to the magistrates of the city and 
county. 

"On Saturday came the meeting for children, and in 
the evening another for grown people; but the greatest 
gathering of the week took place .on the Sabbath, when, 
after a meeting in the morning for women who had not 
obtained admittance on the previous Tuesday, the gates 
were thrown open in the afternoon to all comers. Such 
a crowd came as had never been seen in these parts be- 
fore. Many a time during the week the Great Western 
road had been darkened for an hour and a half with the 
living stream, but that night for three hours the stream 
was incessant. Vehicles were not easily to be had on 
Sunday, so nearly all came on foot — all classes, 'gentle 
and simple,' young and old, blind and lame. The Pal- 



GLASGOW. 155 

ace was immediately filled, but the afternoon sun was 
so hot there that soon the whole had to turn out on the 
green; there a crowd, variously estimated at from twenty 
to thirty thousand, was soon gathered. Some apprehen- 
sion was entertained that mishaps might ensue inside or 
outside the building; but by the exercise of considerable 
firmness, and compliance with orders on the part of the 
people, the danger was happily averted. Mr. Moody ad- 
dressed the crowd, standing on the box of a private car- 
riage, and by those within comfortable ear-shot he was 
considered to have surpassed himself in earnestness and 
force. The singing of the sweet hymns by such a strength 
of voices, sounding upon that quiet sunny Sabbath even- 
ing from amidst the fresh foliage of the gardens, was 
deeply impressive. Such a sight, too, had probably nev- 
er before been seen within the limits of the land. While 
the main body dispersed, filling all the approaches and 
the public roads, about five thousand Christians, and 
those professedly anxious about their own state, gathered 
inside the Palace, and for the last time heard the voice 
of the man for whom such an affection has sprung up in 
the hearts of many. The scene was impressive when an 
English speaker, with rapid and energetic utterance, re- 
minded the assemblage, many of whom had the greatest 
cause to thank God for all he had recently done for and 
by them, that that man (Mr. Moody) ought to be con- 
stantly remembered in the prayers of all, to whom he had 
proved an instrument of grace. Many were much moved. 
Mr. Moody then took a farewell of the people, most of 
whom he could never hope to see again in the body, and, 
as a final message, declared that many Christian friends 
m that place and elsewhere bad agreed to unite in prayer 



156 THE WORK OF GOB IN GREAT BRITAIK 

that night for those then gathered together who might 
be anxious about their own state, conscious thej were 
not saved. The twilight was rapidly deepening when he 
asked those in such a case to rise to their feet in sign of 
their desire. The solemnity of feeling was indeed deep, 
when from four to five hundred persons quietly rose all 
over the house, and as quietly resumed their places, actu- 
ated evidently by something outside their ordinary lives. 
"Was not that something like the Spirit of God? 
We shall, perhaps, never know here; but when from 
among the ranks of those who have felt his power we 
find men and women quietly affirming to friends and 
strangers the inner change which has been wrought in 
them, and then going out to work for him ; when we find 
this wide-spread, and representatives of all classes among 
the believers, have we any right further to question that 
God has been working, and will continue to work, in 
men's hearts powerfully? Be the instruments who they 
may, are they not of God's choosing? Some of his own 
servants may have been kept from joining in the work 
of promoting the awakening; but now that the first in- 
struments of this general awakening have left us, it must 
be, it is, the sacred duty of all the stated ministers in the 
field to take up the work where it now stands, and to 
carry it on, thankful and joyful in the fresh vigor in- 
fused into the spiritual life of many, and jealous only for 
the extension of the Master's kinp^dom." 



PAISLEY. 157 



IV. 

PAISLEY. 

The revival in Paisley is thus described in the British 
Evangelist: 

"A friend in Paisley favors us with the following in- 
teresting communication : During the past fortnight 
Paisley has been favored with a visit from the Ameri- 
can evangelists, Messrs. Moody and Sankey. It was at 
one time feared by us that they would not be able to 
give us more than two or three days of their valuable 
services; but, to our great joy, they have given us in all 
eight days — six of Mr. Moody, and two of Mr. Sankey, 
separately. Their appearance among us was looked for- 
ward to with great interest and high hopes of spiritual 
blessing; and, through God's great goodness, we have 
not been disappointed. Mr. Sankey's singing drew vast 
crowds, and afforded a rich treat, alike to those who look- 
ed merely to the vocal performance, and to those who 
valued also the simple Gospel truth which it proclaimed 
and illustrated. The Bible readings and evangelistic 
addresses of Mr. Moody greatly surpassed, I believe, the 
expectations of those who had only heard of him, or list- 
ened to a few brief utterances at the Glasgow daily 
prayer-meeting. We were not prepared to hear such 
wonderfully clear, pointed, and able expositions and ap- 
peals, conveyed in singularly simple and nervous En- 
glish. Far less did we expect such melting tenderness 



158 THE WOMK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

and dramatic power. But his discourses, as a whole, 
have the far higher and rarer element of spiritual pow- 
er. Under no preacher have we seen such effects pro- 
duced. Multitudes have been led to realize and appre- 
ciate divine things as thej had never done before. 

"We were not wholly unprepared for the visit of 
these brethren. Hearing of the blessing that was at- 
tending their labors in other parts of our land, and long- 
ing for a share in that blessing, we had been holding- 
daily prayer-meetings, together with various evangelistic 
meetings, for several weeks previously. A large pro- 
portion of the evangelistic ministers in the town took 
part in these, and evinced a growing spirit of love and 
harmony. Great good was accomplished at these meet- 
ings. Many of Grod's people were refreshed, and some 
careless persons were awakened and converted. Our 
prayers, we can not doubt, came up for a memorial be- 
fore God. 

"We thirsted and waited for increased droppings of the 
heavenly shower; and, in connection with the labors of 
our American brethren, we rejoice to say God has beeri 
graciously pleased to vouchsafe these. Not a few Chris- 
tian people who were walking in darkness have received 
spiritual light, and are now rejoicing in the liberty of 
God's children. And who can doubt that, filled afresh 
by the Spirit, they will, under the promptings of love to 
Christ and compassion for souls, labor as they have nev- 
er done before to promote the glory of Christ in the sal- 
vation of others? Large numbers, too, have been awak- 
ened to a sense of sin, and a considerable proportion of 
these profess to have received Christ as their Saviour. 
The young have in a special degree shared in the bless- 



PAISLEY. 159 

ing. Every night, out of the two or three hundred that 
staid at the close of the meetings to be conversed with, 
about a third of these were young persons of both sexes 
under twenty. The readiness of many of them to re- 
ceive the truth was remarkable. Some of them had 
their doubts and difficulties, but when the way of life 
was clearly set before them, all at once, their eyes bright- 
ening up, they raised their heads as if their burdens were 
removed, and said joyously, ' I see it now.' 

"I can not tell how many Christian parents have been 
made happy this last fortnight by the. change wrought 
in their families. One, two, three, in this family and in 
that, seem to have entered upon a new life. The Bi- 
ble is now to them a new book ; the novel is cast aside, 
and some work upon Christian privilege and duty has 
taken its place ; their temper and ways of acting in their 
homes and among their companions are changing; the 
alteration looks as like real conversion as could be ex- 
pected; and may we not hope, while prepared to hear 
of some cases proving spurious, that many are real? 
We know that all the blossom in spring does not event- 
ually become fruit, nor does it all drop to the ground ; 
much comes to maturity, and we hope and pray that 
much, very much, of this tender spiritual blossom will 
ripen into rich fruit, that Christ's Father may be glori- 
fied. The ministers that have sympathized most deeply 
with this gracious work have had their spirits cheered 
unspeakably. Many have been the sad hours they have 
passed, bewailing the apathy to divine things in their 
congregations and in the general community. All at 
once they see thought and inquiry, a readiness to receive 
counsel and instruction, and in many cases the wakening 



160 THE WORK OF GOB IN QBE AT BRITAIN. 

up out of sleep, and the joys and activities of a new life. 
How cheering to every true minister of Christ! Would 
to God this blessed work may spread and deepen ! May 
it be among us and elsewhere as the wave-sheaf before 
an abundant harvest ! ' I sent you to reap that whereon 
ye bestowed no labor: other men labored, and ye are 
entered into their labors' (John iv., 88)." 

A SHORT VISIT TO GOUROOK. 

Eeferring to Mr. Moody's visit to Gourock, an esteem- 
ed brother says: "We had largely attended evangelistic 
meetings in all the churches in rotation, the ministers 
presiding in each other's churches in turn. On Sabbath 
last Mr. Moody gave one of his Bible lectures in the 
Eev. David Macrae's church in the forenoon, making a 
deep impression on many. In the evening Mr. Macrae 
spoke on the subjects of the revival and the controversy 
started by Mr. Gilfillan. He passed a eulogium on his 
old friend such as he deserved, but pointed out that his 
letters were based on ignorance of the men and of the 
facts, and involved a confusion of conversion with sanc- 
tification, and of intellectual with moral skepticism." 



GREENOCK. \Ql 



V. 

GREENOCK. 

Astonishing results attended the visit of Messrs. 
Moody and Sankej to Grreenock. At the usual midday 
prayer-meeting the Town Hall was quite crowded, while 
at the evening evangelistic services several churches had 
to be opened to accommodate the overflow. At the close 
of all the services numbers of anxious inquirers remained 
to be spoken to, and a special corps of ministers was told 
off for this branch of work. One night no fewer than 
five hundred anxious ones remained. They were of all 
ages and both sexes, and the scene which was presented 
was affecting in the extreme. In a short time rnany were 
announcing that they had found peace, and others that 
they had received assurance of their conversion. One 
of the more noteworthy occasions on which Mr. Moody 
spoke in Greenock was a meeting for the study of the 
Bible. The audience consisted entirely of elders. Sab- 
bath-school teachers, and Christian workers. Mr. Moody 
took for his subject, "Heaven;" and in the course of his 
remarks said it would be impious to doubt that all things 
were possible to God. God could convert souls to him- 
self in a moment; and, once a man was converted, his 
name was written in the Lamb's book of life, and could 
never be effiiced. At the same meeting it was stated by 
a gentleman from Edinburgh that the work in that city 
was spreading to all classes, and that special prayer-meet- 



162 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

ings were then being held by the school-boys of Edin- 
burgh. On Sabbath, 12th inst, Messrs. Moody and San- 
key were engaged at meetings all day. At nine in the 
morning they held a conference with Sabbath -school 
teachers; imm^ediately afterward the members of the 
Woi'king Boys and Girls' Eeligious Society, with their 
teachers, were addressed ; at eleven Mr. Moody gave a 
Bible reading in the Kev. Mr. Macrae's United Presbyte- 
rian Church, Grreenock; and in the evening both Messrs. 
Moody and Sankey were present at a meeting in the 
Town Hall. 

A valued correspondent wrote : 

"Messrs. Moody and Sankey's labors in Greenock have 
excited an amount of interest deeper and wider than any 
similar services have done in former years. Indeed, it 
may be said that no similar services have ever been held 
here. There are a specialty and uniqueness about these, 
which distinguish them from all preceding efforts in the 
same direction. It is very observable that it is the reg- 
ular church-going population which has been mainly, 
though not exclusively, affected. The class of anxious 
inquirers remaining to be personally dealt with after the 
public meetings includes many who have maintained a 
Christian profession — -in some cases for years — but who 
sorrowfully admit that they never till now realized the 
power of divine grace in their souls. Large numbers of 
all ages and attainments have professed anxiety, of whom 
the greater proportion belong to this class. Many of the 
younger members of Christian families have been quick- 
ened to decision, and the additions to the formal mem- 
bership of all the churches are numerous in consequence. 
In one or two instances ministers have found among the 



GREENOCK. 163 

anxious inquirers members of their own flock, wbom 
they had regarded as well established in Christ. Sever- 
al very young children have been wonderfully moved; 
and among the Working Boys and Girls' Eeligious So- 
ciety instances of apparent conversion are numerous. 
Ministers and members of all denominations have 
wrought, on the whole, harmoniously ; but it is to be re- 
gretted that here and there a spirit of e5i:clusiveness has 
shown itself where it could hardly have been expected, 
and which, if it were encouraged, would do much to hin- 
der the work, if not to arrest it altogether." 



164 THE WORK OF QOB IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



VI. 

RETURN TO EDINBURGH. 

In May, 1874, Messrs. Moody and Sankey returned to 
Edinburgh, and remained only three days; but they 
were daj^s fruitful in immediate results, and in sugges- 
tions and reported facts of vital importance to the whole 
Church. 

At one meeting interesting statements were made by 
several eminent clergymen. 

Rev. Mr. Mair, of Morningside, said he had been fif- 
teen years a minister, and he had to praise God that this 
past blessed winter and spring had been the best time in 
the course of his ministry. If he had had a thousand 
pounds given him for his missions and church-work, he 
would have thanked the donor, and thought much of 
the gift; how much more thankful should we be to God, 
who had, week after week, been giving precious souls ! 
Last communion was a time when the new power was 
experienced, when from six-ty to one hundred were add- 
ed to the Church. It was a real communion, for souls 
were feeling really joined to the Lord. 

A minister from the country gave thanks for blessing 
to himself and the district where he labored. He said 
we had no idea of the depth and extent of the work in 
the country. 

Rev. John Duke, of Dundee, thanked God for a plen- 
teous rain in Dundee in connection with the visit of the 



RETURN TO EDINBURGH, 165 

American brethren. About four hundred had been con- 
verted, and thej were going on well. They were work- 
ing also in giving tracts, teaching in Sunday-schools, 
helping evangelists by singing in the streets. He had 
a young communicants' class, the like of which he had 
not had for six years. 

Eev. John Morgan praised the Lord for his own con- 
version ; for putting him into the ministry in times like 
these, and in circumstances so favorable for success. Dur- 
ing the eight years of his ministry, he had admitted two 
thousand five hundred to the fellowship of the Church. 
And more especially would he praise God for the priv- 
ilege of being in the blessed work in this city last win- 
ter and spring. 

Kev. John Kelman praised God for many blessings. 
He mentioned one cause for praise — that there had been 
such good weather during the visit of their American 
brethren to Edinburgh : only four days had been foul. 

Eev. James Eobertson, of Newington, said they had 
truly been getting of late into the rapids of the stream 
that makes glad the city of God. Often in early days 
he had, after awakening sermons, watched for his minis- 
ter at the corners of the streets, eagerly wishing for some 
opportunity of speaking with him. He believed there 
were many such in all congregations, their hearts long- 
ing even to bursting with concern about salvation. It 
would be to such like cold water to the thirsty, to have 
special invitations every Sabbath-day to meet with their 
minister alone. On a Monday morning he had been vis- 
iting a dying father in the ministry, who asked, "What 
were you preaching on yesterday ?" " I preached a 
whole sermon to the unconverted." " Oh," said he, 



166 TEE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

''preach manv, many whole sermons to the unconvert- 
ed. I would often do that if I had my work to begin 
again. We are far too ready to take for granted that peo- 
ple know the way to be saved." In his last moments, 
another saint was heard whispering, " Bring, bring." 
One article was brought after another, but the waving of 
his hand showed that none of them was what he meant. 
Then at length, with a great effort, he uttered, 

"Bring forth the royal diadem, 
And crown him Lord of all." 

Mr. Sankey then sung a hymn of the lost sheep found, 
and the meeting was closed with the doxology. 

EARNEST APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN. 

While the congregation awaited the arrival of Messrs. 
Moody and Sankey, devotional exercises were conducted 
by several of the ministers of the city. Mr. Moody, on 
entering the hall, reminded the meeting that, when he 
left Edinburgh two months ago, he requested the prayers 
of the converts here that a blessing might rest on the 
work they were going to engage in at Dundee, Glasgow, 
and other towns; and as these prayers had been abun- 
dantly answered, he asked them to join with him in 
thanksgiving. ~ Thanks for this were accordingly offered 
up, and a hymn, " He leads us," having been sung, Mr. 
Moody delivered an address on the words of encourage- 
ment frequently found in the Scriptures addressed to 
God's people, " Fear not." The lecture was enforced by 
frequent reference to the Scriptures. The impression was 
also deepened by hymns sung by Mr. Sankey. 

At the close, Dr. Andrew Thomson, the Moderator 



RETURN TO EDINBURGH. 1^7 

of the United Presbyterian Synod, made an earnest ap- 
peal in the name of the churches, the missionary societies, 
and the perishing heathen, to the young men present to 
recruit the ranks of the ministry at home and abroad. 
They would never, he said, rue the day they laid them- 
selves on Christ's altar. He spoke to them in the name 
of ministers of every denomination seated round the 
platform, and also in the name of the honored evangelist 
who presided. They had found it, he assured the meet- 
ing, a blessed thing to preach the Gospel. None of 
them would like to change places with a king, a peer, or 
a judge on the bench, or to give up their ministry for all 
the world. No true convert, who had ever put his hand 
to the plow, had desired to look back. Theirs was the 
noblest, the happiest, the most blessed life that a man 
could spend on earth. 

Mr. Moody advocated the adoption of a shorter course 
of study for young converts who were willing to devote 
themselves to evangelistic and missionary labor. He be- 
lieved hundreds and thousands of young men and wom- 
en in America and this country would come forward to 
work for the Lord, if they were not kept back by the 
eight or ten years of study required. It was intimated 
that all the 3^oung men disposed to respond to the ap- 
peal made by Dr. Thomson should, after time for prayer 
and consideration, have an opportunity next Monday 
evenirjg of offering themselves for the work of the min- 
istry or of missions. 

Wednesday^ May 20th. — The daily prayer-meeting was 
densely crowded to-day. The body of the hall was re- 
served for ministers till eleven o'clock, but the most of 
those who had been in town had left, and others had 



168 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

not come, for very few appeared ; and it was marvel- 
ous with what a rush the body of the hall was taken 
possession of at eleven o'clock, when the people who 
were waiting outside were allowed to come in. "Safe in 
the arms of Jesus" was sung; and Mr. Moody called the 
attention of the people to Psalms xxii., xxiii., xxiv., 
reading portions of them. 

This meeting ended at one o'clock, many of the audi- 
ence having been in the hall since about ten o'clock; 
and they seemed to adjourn nearly en masse^ and take 
possession of Free St. Luke's, where Mr. Moody was an- 
nounced to lecture at three o'clock ; for before two o'clock 
that large church was crowded, even to the third gallery, 
with an audience of not much fewer than two thousand. 
The singing of favorite hymns went on for an hour, then 
Mr. Sankey sung the following hymn as a solo: 

Nothing but leaves ! The Spirit grieves 

Over a wasted life ; 
O'er sins indulged while conscience slept, 
O'er vows and promises unkept : 

And reaps from years of strife — 
Nothing but leaves ! Nothing but leaves ! 

Nothing but leaves ! No gathered sheaves 

Of life's fair ripening grain : 
We sow our seeds ; lo, tares and weeds, 
Words, idle words for earnest deeds, 

We reap with toil and pain — 
Nothing but leaves ! Nothing but leaves ! 

Nothing but leaves ! Sad memory weaves 

No veil to hide the past : 
And as we trace our weary way, 
Counting each lost and misspent day 

Sadly we find at last — 
Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves! 



RETURN TO EDINBURGH. 169 

Ah, who shall thus the Master meet, 

Bearing hut withered leaves ? 
Ah, who shall at the Saviour's feet, 
Before the awful judgment-seat. 

Lay down for golden sheaves. 
Nothing but leaves ? Nothing but leaves ! 

THE PRAISE MEETING. 

The Assembly Hall was taken possession of as soon 
as the doors were opened, and hundreds were disappoint- 
ed of getting in, and were addressed in the College Quad- 
rangle and the Free High Church. We do not think 
we have ever seen the Free Assembly Hall so densely 
crowded. The meeting, which was a short one, was com- 
menced by Mr. Moody, reading portions of the last few 
Psalms, from cxlv. to cl., and giving brief and appropri- 
ate comments. He also read 2 Chron. v. ; Ezek. v., 11 ; 
2 Chron. xx.,21 ; Actsxvi.,25; Jer.xv., 9. 

Dr. Bonar quoted 1 Peter i., 3, "Blessed be the God 
and Father," etc. He said that the very essence of praise 
was, as the word blessed literally meant, speaking well of 
God ; and the best way to praise him was to speak well 
of Christ, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God. 

Eev. Eobert Howie, of Glasgow, then addressed the 
meeting, and showed that we have to praise God for 
what he has given, and for what he is; but that it is a 
higher thing to praise God for what he is than for his 
gifts ; and if we saw more of God we should praise him 
more. If I may be permitted to speak in the name of 
my brethren, I would say we owe more to God than you 
do here. We rejoiced to hear of the work here, and 
longed that we might have similar blessings, but we have 
had more than we could have thought of. There were 



170 THE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

three thousand five hundred converts at the farewell 
meeting, but that does not represent above one-third of 
those we know have been converted. On the last Sab- 
bath about twenty thousand assembled, and were ad- 
dressed in the open air, and four or five thousand went 
into the Crystal Palace, and about two thousand of them 
rose up, asking to be prayed for — seeking the Saviour. 
I have to give special thanks — first, for a praying moth- 
er; then my own conversion, and for being in the min- 
istry in times like these. We have had a great work of 
grace. There have been great meetings in ship-building 
yards, containing thousands of men. Messrs. Moody and 
Sankey went and had a meeting, and one thousand men 
came. We believe that ten thousand have been convert- 
ed in Glasgow since the year began ; but what are these 
among so many,, when our population consists of six 
hundred thousand? There was one remark Mr. Moody 
made — that he never allowed a day to pass without speak- 
ing to some one about the soul's salvation. If each one 
of the thousands of saved ones would do this, how many 
would be saved! Let this be the continual expression 
of our praise. 

GREAT FAEEWELL MEETING IN THE QUEEN's PARK. 

On Thursday, 21st, at five o'clock, a great gathering 
assembled in a natural amphitheatre on the way to St. 
Anthony's Well, in the Queen's Park, to hear the fare- 
well singing of Mr. Sankey and the preaching of Mr. 
Moody. It was the largest open-air meeting we have 
ever seen convened to hear the Gospel. We took pains 
to get a fair estimate of the number present, and we came 
to the conclusion that there were between ten and eleven 



BETUBN TO EDINBUROH. 171 

thousand. We trust that the Word was with power to 
many, for the preacher spoke plainly, earnestly, and faith- 
fully, and gave an A B C Gospel, so that all might un- 
derstand. It was a solemn time. There was a mass of 
men, and women, and children, many of them unsaved, 
and needing to hear words of salvation, and they heard 
them. 

It was an impressive sight to see masses of human 
beings hanging or sitting on the shelves, and to all ap- 
pearance on the clefts of the rocks behind the preacher, 
for it reminded us of the time when men and women will 
be crying to the rocks to fall on them, and cover them 
from the face of him who sitteth on the throne, and from 
the wrath of the Lamb ; and the blessed contrast made 
us glad, for here was one standing on the rock beseech- 
ing^ sinners in Christ's stead to be reconciled to God. It 
was the day of grace, and not the day of wrath 1 

It was said in a newspaper that Messrs. Moody and 
Sankey were hustled and mobbed at the close by ill-be- 
haved people. This may have been, but we did not see 
it : it appeared to us rather that those who pressed upon 
Mr. Moody were loving friends wishing to bid him fare- 
well, and he had to flee from them, which he did, and 
escaped to the carriage waiting on the Queen's Drive 
below, pursued by hundreds, all anxious to shake hands 
with him. Mr. Sankey, in following, had equal difficulty 
in getting away from the thousands that wished to have 
a last sbake of his hand. The crowd of appreciating 
persons whom he saw at the side of the carriage were 
eager, loving friends, and we saw none of the other sort. 
There never was such a scene witnessed in Edinburgh, 
or anywhere else, so far as we have ever heard. 



172 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

INFLUENCE OF THE REVIVAL ON UNION. 

The minds of the ministers of Scotland were occupied 
for ten years with a project for the union of the church- 
es. An outsider could see no sufficient reason why the 
non-established churches there should remain apart when 
they were as one in doctrine, polity, and worship ; but 
after spending ten years of precious time in trying to 
have a union consummated, they failed, and negotiations 
for it were finally broken off. All this time, their minds 
being so full of this union work, and of the controversies 
in connection with the prosecution of it, their proper 
work of seeking the salvation of the lost, and the growth 
in grace of the saved, had not been carried forward so 
vigorously as it might and should have been. The sav- 
ing of sinners had nearly come to a stand-still; and 
many were feeling the burden of souls, and imploring 
the Lord to send a spirit of awakening and revival, when 
Messrs. Moody and Sankey came to Edinburgh, and the 
blessing of God seemed to come with them, and to dif- 
fuse itself over the city and the country at large. We 
know that it was immediate, for it came into our own 
family the first night that Mr. Moody preached ; and 
that it has continued and increased in power and vol- 
ume, the late farewell meetings in Glasgow and Edin- 
burgh attest. The soil is now productive, and a breath 
of spring-tide freshness is in the air. Sinners in great 
numbers are coming to Christ, and associating with his 
people. 

And the Lord himself has done this great work. Who 
would ever hav€ framed such a prayer as this, and pre- 
sented it at the throne of grace: "0 Lord, in thy great 



HETUBN TO EDINBURGH. 173 

mercy send the two laymen, called Moody and Sankey, 
from the city of Chicago, to be the instruments in the 
revival of thy work in the cities of Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow, and throughout Scotland?" Any person who 
would have dared to pray in that fashion a year ago 
would have been deemed a lunatic; for who had heard 
of such men ? And yet they are the men God has chief- 
ly employed to accomplish the great work in which we 
this day rejoice. We were very much struck one day 
at hearing a Free Church minister thanking God public- 
ly that he had sent those honored evangelists to do the 
great work they were doing, and thereby rebuke and 
humble ministers for not having put themselves into his 
hands to be used by him in doing that work, but that 
strangers should have to be sent hj him to do it And 
the union has come, too, in a higher way by the power 
of the Spirit. But since this was written the Moderator 
of the Free Church Assembly has delivered his opening- 
address, and he has struck the right key-note. Let us 
read what he has said, thank God, and take courage. He 
spoke as follows : 

"When differences of opinion and divisions arise 
among those who are honestly and earnestly seeking the 
good of his Church, the Great Head, the Lord Jesus 
Christ, often heals these divisions in a way they dream 
not of, and discovers ' a more excellent way ' for bring- 
ing about the end all have in view, viz., his glory. 

" We have had a very remarkable example of this in 
connection with our late troubles. At the very time when 
the proposal of an incorporating union with brethren of 
other churches seemed to be releo^ated to a far- distant 
future — when an answer to the many prayers that 'wo 



174 TRE WORE OF GOD. IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

all might be one, even as the Father and Son are one/ 
seemed to be withheld — when pseudo-philosophers, with 
profane levity, were proposing a prajer-gange, to test 
the efficacy of prayer — the Lord manifested himself as a 
faithful and jealous God, jealous for his own glory and 
faithful to his promises, as the hearer and answerer of 
prayer, by pouring out a blessed and copious effusion of 
his Holy Spirit upon our land, whereby many have been 
converted and saved, and a deep and most solemn im- 
pression has been produced upon the minds of men of 
all ranks and degrees. The result of this blessed visita- 
tion has been the healing of breaches among beloved 
brethren, and the producing such union of heart and co- 
operation among the godly and earnest-minded laborers in 
all our churches as warrant the hope of union on a broad- 
er basis than we had dreamed of, w^hen ' the Spirit of the 
Lord shall lift up a standard' against popery and infi- 
delity, 'coming in like a flood,' or when in some other 
way 'God's set time to favor you' shall arrive. He has 
promised that his people 'shall see e3^e to eye when he 
turns again the captivity of his Zion,' and meantime, 'in 
brotherly love preferring one another,' let us watch and 
pray for it, ' more than they that watch for the morning.' 
" Permit me to say, as a comparative stranger, that of 
all the business transacted by the last General Assembly, 
that which affected and refreshed me most was the con- 
ferences regarding the state of religion throughout the 
country in general — the manifestations of spiritual life 
in the various congregations under your charge, and the 
measures adopted or recommended for overtaking the 
spiritual destitution still, alas ! too prevalent throughout 
the land. It was a disappointment that more time could 



BETURN TO EDINBURGH. 175 

not then be spared for the consideration of subjects of 
such permanent interest, but I trust this year they may 
occupy both more time and a more prominent place in 
our deliberations. 

" It has pleased God to make use of two strangers from 
the other side of the Atlantic as the instruments through 
whom the spiritual awakening which has gladdened, and 
still is gladdening, many parts of Scotland, broke forth; 
and readily and heartily, I am sure, we are ready to ren- 
der all due honor to beloved brethren whom the Lord 
himself has honored; but, at the same time, we must not 
lose sight of the fact, that by these conferences in our as- 
semblies on the state of religion, by the deputations sent 
down to visit the various Presbyteries with the same ob- 
ject in view, and by increasing prayer and spiritual ef- 
fort on the part of ministers, elders, deacons, and other 
godly laymen, the ground had already been prepared, 
the good seed had been copiously sown, and all that was 
wanting was that ' God should give the increase.' Bless- 
ed be the Lord our God, for he hath given the increase, 
and many of you, beloved brethren, who for many a year 
'■ went forth weeping, bearing your precious seed, have 
at last returned rejoicing, bringing your sheaves with 
you.' " 



176 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



VII. 

PERTH, ABERDEEN, AND FORFARSHIRE, 
PERTH. 

After visiting Dumbarton, a thriving ship-building 
town ; Kilmarnock, where many from neighboring towns 
and parishes were drawn together; Saltcoats, where 
densely crowded meetings were held; and Irvine and 
Ayr, our dear brethren, never " weary in well doing," 
proceeded to Perth the last of May, remaining until the 
7th of June. We have the following from a writer there: 

" Mr. Moody has held the usual course of meetings 
every day — ^ noonday meeting in the City Hall, Bible- 
reading in the Free West Church, and evening meeting 
in the North United Presbyterian Church. The number 
of inquirers has been very great, and many, very many, 
have found peace. It has been a quiet, strong tide of 
blessing ; it is as if God had sent his servants to unlock 
the flood-gates of his grace, and the water of life has 
swept out in deep and steady currents, leaving no place 
for the breaking waves of excitement and mere feeling. 
Especially is this to be noticed in the Bible-readings, 
when from day to day the large church in which Mr. 
Moody lectures is crowded with people reverently and 
simply studying God's Word. 

"Besides the above meetings, there has been an over- 
flowing meeting in the City Hall each night, at which 



PERTH, ABERDEEN, AND FORFARSHIRE. 177 

many have been blessed. And in the Free West Church 
there is a meeting for children. There is an inquiry- 
meeting after, from which many little ones go out trust- 
ing intelligently and heartily in Jesus, and eager to bring 
others to him." 

Messrs. Moody and Sankey remained at Perth until 
the 7th of June, where on the evening of that day Mr. 
Moody preached to a congregation of not less than seven 
thousand souls. The following Tuesday the evangelists 
paid another visit to Dundee, of which we have already 
given an account. 

ABERDEEN. 

Here the work was commenced on Sabbath, June 
14th, with a nine o'clock meeting for Christian workers, 
admission by ticket. There were three thousand issued,' 
and the Music Hall was filled. The meeting was a most 
solemn one, and the audience most attentive. 

The evening meeting, at 5 P.M., was on the Links, in 
the natural amphitheatre of the Broadhill, where a plat- 
form had been erected for choir and speakers. One may 
be allowed to say that the town was moved to come, and 
see, and hear. Some ten thousand were in position be- 
fore and around the platform long before the hour of 
meeting ; and yet from before five till past six there were 
continuous streams of men, women, and children from 
the city, Footdee, Woodside, Old Aberdeen, and as far as 
Dyce, flowing to the one point on the Broadhill. There 
could not have been fewer than twenty to twenty-two 
thousand on the Links that evening. Mr. Moody spoke 
from the words, " The wages of sin is death," and was 
listened to with rapt attention, while the hymns were dis- 



178 THE WOBE OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

tinctly heard over the vast crowds in the stillness of a 
quiet summer evening. 

The next meeting was announced for eight, in the 
Music Hall, but, it being filled before seven, Mr. Moody 
began at that hour, speaking on the subject of the Prod- 
igal Son. There was much power. The chief hymns 
w^ere, "Jesus of Nazareth," "Come home," and "Almost 
persuaded." There were many inquirers. The crowd 
outside was very great, and Free West Trinity and the 
Baptist Chapel, Crown Street, had to be opened, and were 
more or less filled, while several ministers conducted an 
open-air service in one of the squares. We have never 
at any time seen the city so moved as it was this day. 

On Monday a meeting was held in the South Parish 
Church, with a prayer -meeting at 3 P.M. Among the 
audience there were between twenty and thirty ministers 
of various denominations. In the evening a meeting 
was held in the South Parish Church. 

Two hours before the time announced for commencing 
the meeting in the South Parish Church, a crowd had 
gathered at the door, and no sooner was admission gain- 
ed than every seat and corner of the large church began 
to be rapidly filled. It was soon seen that the numbers 
waiting outside could not gain admission into the church, 
and provision was immediately^ made for having an open- 
air meeting in the quadrangle of Marischal College. Mr. 
Moody and Mr. Sankey arrived about half-past seven, 
and prayer having been led, Mr. Sankey sung the already 
\Yell-known hymn, " Hold the Fort," the choir and the au- 
dience joining heartily in the chorus. Mr. Moody read a 
portion of the tenth chapter of Luke, the story of the Good 
Samaritan, and in a few sentences drew a vivid resem- 



PERTH, ABERDEEN, AND FORFARSHIRE. 179 

blance between it and the mission of Christ to wounded 
sinners. The reading was followed by the singing of a 
hymn by Mr. Sankey, " The Lost Sheep," and it was ren- 
dered in such a peculiarly appropriate style that the vis- 
ible effect on the audience was something remarkable. 

A short supplication for a blessing on the meeting 
was offered by Mr. Moody, who then said he would call 
their attention for a short time to the text in the second 
chapter of Luke, "Behold I bring you glad tidings of 
great joy, which shall be to all people, for unto you is 
born this day a Saviour." 

Mr. Moody only spoke twenty minutes, and by this 
time Mr. Sankey and a portion of the choir had gone to 
the Quadrangle, where there was a considerable gather- 
ing. A verse of a psalm was sung in the church, and 
Mr. Moody proceeded to the open-air meeting, the entire 
congregation following him. By the time he got on the 
platform between four and five thousand had gathered 
in the square. 

No sooner was the concourse of people comparatively 
quiet than Mr. Moody wished to hear them all sing the 
100th Psalm, after which he began to speak from the 
text in Mark xvi. : "Go ye into all the world and preach 
the Gospel to every creature." The audience before him 
was of a much more miscellaneous nature than any of his 
previous ones, a goodly number having been drawn ap- 
parently from the Guestrow and Gallowgate, to whom Mr. 
Moody directed his special attention, addressing them 
with a ready familiarity. He expressed himself greatly 
pleased with the character of the meeting ; he liked open- 
air meetings on week-days, because all kinds of people 
could come to them, while no doubt a good many came, 



180 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

all eyes and mouths open, for curiosity's sake. The text 
he had chosen was an open-air one, and commanded them 
to preach the Gospel to every creature, and in a few sen- 
tences he pointed out how comprehensive was this in- 
junction of the Saviour's. Throughout both his even- 
ing discourses Mr. Moody showed a wonderful fitness for 
adapting the circumstances around him to illustrate his 
meaning, thereby giving a kind of personal interest to 
what he was saying. His address lasted about the same 
time as the one in church, and at its conclusion he inti- 
mated that a prayer-meeting would be held in the Free 
High Church for about half an hour. While this meet- 
ing was going on, those who desired private conversa- 
tion retired to the hall below. 

The prayer-meeting was continued in the church by 
several clergymen, and did not break up until after ten 
o'clock ; the inquirers' meeting lasted a good time longer. 

FORFARSHIRE. 

Messrs. Moody and Sankey continued their labors for 
two weeks in Aberdeen, and from thence paid a flying 
visit (all they could find time for) to Montrose, Brechin, 
Forfar, and Arbroath. In each place all their meetings 
were densely crowded, although they were for the most 
part held in the very large parish churches. At Mont- 
rose, as in all the other towns, the earnest ministers and 
Christian people of the place had been making many 
prayerful efforts to awaken special interest in divine 
things in this time of blessing. 

In Brechin next day they held two meetings, which 
none who had the joy of being present at can ever 
forget Both Mr. Moody and Mr. Sankey seemed to be 



PEBTH, ABERDEEN, AND FORFABSHmE. 181 

peculiarly iiappy and at home in this town, and to 
speak and sing with even more than their wonted ten- 
derness and power. An open-air meeting had been hoped 
for, both in Brechin and in Arbroath, but Mr. Moody felt 
unequal to the effort, having hurt his voice in one of the 
northern mists. 

The second meeting was at half-past two, in the parish 
church, which could not nearly hold all who would fain 
have heard the strangers. The schools of the town had 
a half-holiday, that masters and pupils might be present, 
and all the factory workers who chose were also given 
leave of absence to attend the meeting. Many of these 
last were present in their working-clothes, and barehead- 
ed. Two of the ministers led in prayer. One prayer 
was specially on behalf of Lord Dalhousie, since de- 
ceased, who lay very ill almost under the shadow of the 
ancient church, where more than two thousand lifted up 
their hearts on his behalf 

Mr. Moody preached for an hour with great power 
on the words, " Ye must be born again ;" and after this 
meeting Messrs. Moody and Sankey hurried off to For- 
far, where they addressed another large gathering, called 
together on a few hours' notice, in the very large parish 
church of that town. 

ISText day, Thursday, July 2d, our American friends 
proceeded to Arbroath, with their usual unflagging en- 
ergy. They addressed two meetings, which were both 
held in the parish church, as the largest place to be had. 
Mr. Moody's state of voice prevented him speaking in a 
third meeting, or in the open air, as had been expected. 
As usual, very many were disappointed of admission, for 
want of room ; and many more from the country district 



182 THE WOEK OF GOD IN GEE AT BEIT Am. 

round did not attempt to be present, knowing that others 
would be filling the church before they could arrive. 

At the evening meeting the church was even more 
crowded, and the audience included a great many work- 
ing-people. Mr. Moody preached on " The Son of Man 
is come to seek and to save that which was lost," and 
told the message of divine love with great tenderness 
and power. He afterward invited inquirers to meet him 
in a United Presbyterian church not far off; and about 
one hundred, including about forty children, did so. 
Both then and since there have been many proofs that 
the Holy Spirit of the Lord is at work in Arbroath. 



TAm, HUNTLY^ NAIMN, AND ELGIN. 183 



VIII 

TAIN, HUNTLY, NAIRN, AND ELGIN. 
TAIN. 

On Monday, July 18th, at half-past one, Mr. Moody 
preached to a very large audience in the Free Church. 
Five o'clock was the hour appointed for the open-air 
meeting, and this picturesque town presented an aspect 
never to be forgotten. The special trains have just ar- 
rived ; the steep way from the station is thronged ; vehi- 
cles of all descriptions approach by the various avenues 
into the town ; and as we move forward to the Academy 
Park, the whole population seems astir, moved in one 
direction, drawn by one impulse. The service proceeds. 
Mr. Sankey sings the solo, " The lost Sheep," accompany- 
ing himself on the American organ. Every eye is fixed; 
and as the stirring, earnest statements and appeals of Mr. 
Moody follow, the gaze of curiosity is changed into the 
intense earnestness of personal interest. It is the old 
Gospel, yet some there feel it as they never felt it before. 
It is estimated that from four to five thousand were pres- 
ent at this meeting. 

At seven the Free Church, capable of containing up- 
ward of two thousand, was densely crowded, many hav- 
ing to leave for want of room. About half-past eight the 
benediction was pronounced, after a most solemn serv- 
ice ; and Mr. Moody requested as many believers, and 
persons knowing that they were yet unconverted, but 



184 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN: 

who wished to find Christ, as could remain, to do so 
while others left. 

While a hymn was being sung, those who had to leave 
did so; others gathered into the area of the church, and 
the doors were shut. There were some moments of si- 
lent prayer, and then, amidst deep stillness, Mr. Moody 
said, "We are all friends here, and I would just request 
those who believe that they received Christ to-day, and 
those who desire to receive him now, to stand up, that 
we may pray for them." For more than a minute all 
was still ; then Mr. Moody said slowly, as one after an- 
other rose, " One, two, three, four, five, six, seven ;" add- 
ing, as a large number now arose, "more than I can 
count. God be praised!" What a moment was that! 
" Grod be praised !" was the language of many a heart. 
Till eleven o'clock the church was an inquiry -room, Mr. 
Moody, Mr. Sankey, many ministers, and others being 
engaged in pointing souls to Christ; and many professed 
to accept God's gift, and to enter into peace. 

Tuesday being wet, meetings were held in the Free 
Church at twelve and at half-past two. The church was 
filled to overflowing on both occasions ; many remained 
in the church during the interval, singing hymns, while 
some ministers were conversing with anxious ones. At 
the afternoon meeting Mr. Sankey sung several solos. 
The breathless stillness and tearful eyes testified to the 
power that accompanied these sacred songs. Mr. Moody 
spoke with a peculiar force and impressiveness on "I 
pray thee have me excused." 

After the benediction, very many remained; and when 
Mr. Moody again asked those who desired to be saved 
now to stand to be praj^ed for, about five hundred stood 



TAIN, HUNTLY, NAIRN, AND ELGIN. 185 

up. It is impossible adequately to describe the scene — 
silence, broken only by that solemn rising. Yery many 
were shedding silent tears — some from a sense of sin and 
danger, others from joy to see the Lord's work. One 
minister, who has seen much in connection with this re- 
ligious movement, lifted his head, which had been bowed 
in prayer, and seeing these hundreds standing, he utterly 
broke down, and wept like a child. 

Mr. Moody addressed the anxious, and then stated that 
he must leave, to keep an engagement at Inverness, but 
would request Mr. Sankey to remain. 

Mr. Sankey and many ministers and Christian friends 
continued in conversation with anxious ones, till nearly 
six o'clock. 

Men and women, the aged and the little child, were 
there, all with one accord seeking Christ. Some, in an- 
swer to inquiries, stated that then, for the first time, 
they had felt their sin and danger; others had been 
seeking for twenty years, others for ten years, and vari- 
ous periods. 

Those who know the reserve and shyness to mention 
what is personal in religion, which characterize the peo- 
ple in this quarter, and who consider that many of those 
w^ho stood for prayer were well known in a small town, 
will be best able to appreciate the power that could over- 
come that natural reserve. 

HUNTLY. 

At Huntly, once famous for its religious gatherings, 
open-air meetings were held in Castle Park during the 
first week of July, where, as soon as it became known 
that the services of the American evangelists had been 



186 THE WORE OF GOD IF GBEAT BRITAIN. 

secured, the people from neighboring parishes came 
flocking in from all directions. All sorts of vehicles 
brought their living freights of both sexes, and the num- 
ber of pedestrians from neighboring localities was alto- 
gether unprecedented. The village of Abercbirder al- 
most emptied itself, and we understood the same might be 
said of many of the fishing villages along the coast, the 
exodus from which was so great that the powers and re- 
sources of the "innocent railway" were most severely 
tasked. 

Immediately after the arrival of the trains, the streets 
of Huntly presented an appearance such as has never 
been seen in modern times. A conference was intended 
to be held in the Congregational Church, but so great 
was the crowd anxious for admission that the idea had 
to be abandoned, as no church in the town would have 
contained half the number of those wishing to be pres- 
ent, and consequently the forenoon meeting in the Park 
was commenced at ten o'clock, instead of eleven, as in- 
tended. 

At this meeting the lowest estimate we have heard 
was ten thousand, some maintaining there were twelve 
thousand on the ground. In the afternoon the attend- 
ance was much larger, numbers having arrived by the 
midday trains, and also from the country ; and when Mr. 
Moody was addressing the assemblage, it was computed 
he was speaking to at least fifteen thousand people, some 
asserting that the number was little short of twenty 
thousand. Notwithstanding the vastness of the crowd, 
which, by-the-way, was standing very closely packed to- 
gether, Mr. Moody was most distinctly heard at its utmost 
limits. 



TAW, EUNTLY, WAIim, AND ELOIK 187 

At the evening meeting Mr. Moody began by giving 
some account of his own experience, and proceeded to 
explain the nature of faith, showing that the reason of 
men's condemnation was, "that they spurned the rem- 
edy." His distinction between "I will not" and "I can 
not" was well illustrated, and seldom has it been our for- 
tune to listen to a clearer exposition. 

After Mr. Sankey had led in singing the 40th Psalm, 
Dr. Black, at the request of Mr. Moody, gave an exceed- 
ingly impressive address from Gal. ii., 20. The meeting 
then adjourned to the parish church. 

After a short address on the nature and scripturalness 
of inquiry-meetings, Mr. Moody invited the audience to 
sing a hymn standing, to give inquirers an opportunity 
of stepping into the inquiry-room, and a few complied. 
Mr. Moody startled us when he said that the vestry of 
the Established Church was built for the very purpose, 
but it was a goodly sight to see it turned to such a use. 

On Tuesday, July 21st, Messrs. Moody and Sankey 
were at Nairn. Their visit was preceded by prayer to 
God for an outpouring of the Spirit, and many of the 
Christians were looking for much blessing. Mr. Moody 
presided at twelve o'clock in the United Presbyterian 
Church. Long before the time announced that the serv- 
ice would begin the building was crowded. Mr. Moody 
gave a short address on the three kinds of Christians: 
Asking, Seeking, and Knocking. Mr. Sankey sung 
"Keep praying at the Door." 

A Bible -reading took place in the Free Church at 
three o'clock, and at half-past six Mr. Moody addressed 



188 THE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

an audience of not less than five thousand on the Links, 
on the verse, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the 
gospel to every creature." At eight o'clock upward of 
one thousand filled the Free Church, where Mr. Moody 
spoke for half an hour, giving a question to each soul, 
•'Am I saved or am I lost?" Mr. Moody asked those 
who wished to be prayed for to stand up, when many 
did so. An inquiry-meeting was held at the close, and 
about sixty or more were conversed with, while many 
retired to their homes with an arrow in their hearts. 
Some professed to close w^ith Jesus, and some left unde- 
cided for the Lord. Mr. Moody and his fellow-laborer 
left for Elgin next morning, while the services were being 
carried on by the ministers in town and an evangelist. 
The inquiry-meeting on Wednesday evening was still 
more interesting, many professing to close with Jesus. 
The whole town was moved. 

ELGIN. 

The Elgin Courier devotes two columns to the two 
days' visit of Messrs. Moody and Sankey to that ancient 
town, where meetings were held with results similar to 
those which have attended them elsewhere. 

Last evening, 23d, at seven o'clock, an open-air meeting 
was held on Ladyhill. The weather was very favorable. 
Nearly all the shops on the High Street were shut at 
about seven o'clock. The sun, as he sank to rest in the 
west, shed his dying glory over the most picturesque 
scene on the hill-side. It was estimated by some that 
there were between five and six thousand persons pres- 
ent, it being the largest gathering of the kind we ever 
remember having seen in Elgin. Tempted by the fine 



TAIN, ITUNTLY, NAIBN, AND ELGIN 189 

evening, all classes of the people turned out, many ar- 
riving from all parts of the surrounding districts. At 
the foot of the hill a platform was erected, which was 
occupied by the choir and speakers. The whole hill- 
side, for a great distance up and round about, was cover- 
ed with the dense multitude, that presented, with their 
varied dresses, a most imposing spectacle. On the Mar- 
ket Green there were also a large number of people. . 

The meeting having been opened with praise and 
prayer, Mr. Moody spoke for about an hour on the 
words, " Ye must be born again," with characteristic 
earnestness and graphic description. Several hymns 
were then sung, after which the meeting was dismissed, 
it being intimated that another would be held in the 
parish church, for which there was a great rush. The 
gates having been opened, the church seats were com- 
pletely filled in a few minutes. The meeting was de- 
voted to praise and prayer, Mr. Moody leaving to speak 
with the anxious in the new Evangelistic Hall. 

Such a Sabbath-day as the last one we had never 
seen in Elgin. During the intervals between the differ- 
ent meetings, the streets were thronged with people from 
all parts of the surrounding districts, of all classes, " set 
out," of course, in Sunday attire. The number of peo- 
ple from the coast towns was also unprecedentedly great. 

At nine o'clock a meeting of Sabbath-school teachers 
and mission workers was held in the parish church. It 
was thoroughly representative of nearly all religious 
workers in the town and district. Most of the clergy- 
men of the town were present. 

Mr. Moody's address, specially given to workers in 
the Christian field, was a most practical one, and was all 



190 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

through powerfully illustrated by most suitable anec- 
dotes, some of which, owing to their rather facetious na- 
ture, produced a smile on the faces of those present. 

At half-past one o'clock, Mr. Moody preached in the 
Established Church, which was crowded to the utmost 
extent. 

At five o'clock in the evening the farewell open-air 
meeting was held on Lady hill, which was, literally speak- 
ing, one huge black mass. For about an hour or so be- 
fore the time of meeting a perfect stream of people kept 
pouring onward up the High Street toward the hill. 
Ere the hour arrived the crowd had grown densely 
large. There were between seven and eight thousand 
persons present. 

Mr. Moody arrived, with Mr. Sankey, about five o'clock. 
The first four verses of the 40th Psalm were sung, Mr. 
Sankey leading. Nothing could have been more beau- 
tiful or soul-inspiring than to hear the sound of the fine 
old tune " Evan," which reverberated from the hill-side. 
After prayer Mr. Sankey sung " The Lost Sheep." Mr. 
Moody then spoke from Luke iv., 16. As he concluded, 
the weather cleared up, and the scene was brightened by 
the rays of the sun. Mr. Sankey sung, " I am coming. 
Lord," the people joining with him. Prayer was then 
offered, after which Mr. Moody intimated that meetings 
would be held in the parish church and the Free High 
Church after the open-air one was dismissed. The crowd 
then separated. 

In a short time both parish and free churches were 
filled. In the parish church an able and appropriate ad- 
dress was given by Mr. Moody on the words, "Son, re- 
member," Mr. Sankey singing a very beautiful hymn. 



TAIN, HUNTLY, NAIRN, AND ELGIN. 191 

At the after- meeting a large number of anxious inquirers 
staid, about seventy-seven persons standing up, express- 
ing by so doing their wish to become Christians. The 
meetings in the other churches were equally successful. 

After a visit at Banffshire Mr. Moody spent another 
day at Elgin, and there was great joy on Wednesday af- 
ternoon, when it was flashed through the country-side 
that on the following evening there was to be another 
of those great open-air gatherings which every one had 
enjoyed so much. The meeting is thus described : 

"It was a strange contrast last Thursday; at five 
o'clock, in the busy Show at Inverness, at seven in the 
streets of Elgin, quiet at all times, but that night alto- 
gether passengerless and deserted. Surely something 
unusual was going on — the streets abandoned, the house- 
doors fast, the shops closed. Through half a mile of the 
empty streets, ours were the onl}^ footsteps that echoed 
on the pavement, and every thing was silent and desolate 
as a plague-stricken city! At last, just on the verge of 
the town, the stillness was broken by the distant sound 
of a voice, and the turn of a lane revealed a sight which 
time can never efface from the memory. There stood 
the inhabitants, motionless, breathless, plague-stricken in- 
deed — plague-stricken with the plague of sin. The ser- 
mon was evidently half over, and the preacher, with fold- 
ed arms, leaned over the wooden rail of the rude plat- 
form. Oh, the sin upon these faces round him! How 
God was searchino; the heart that night! I can not tell 
you who were there, or how many, or what a good choir 
there was, or what Mr. San key sung, or which dignitary 
prayed. I can not tell you how beautifully the sun wns 
setting, or how fresh the background of woods looked, 



192 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

or how azure the sky was. But these old men penitent, 
these drunkards petrified, these strong men's tears, these 
drooping heads of women, these groups of gutter chil- 
dren with their wondering eyes? Oh, that multitude 
of thirsty ones — what a sight it was ! What could the 
preacher do but preach his best? And long after the 
time for stopping, was it a marvel to hear the persuasive 
voice still pleading with these Christless thousands? 

"One often hears doubts as to the possibility of pro- 
ducing an impression in the open air, but there is no 
mistake this time. ISTo, there is no mistaking these long 
concentric arcs of wistful faces curving around the speak- 
er, and these reluctant tears, which conscious guilt has 
wrung fi'om eyes unused to weep. Oh, the power of the 
living Spirit of God! Oh, the fascination of the Gospel 
of Christ ! Oh, the gladness of the old, old story to these 
men and women hurrying to eternity! 

"The hundred and first night in Glasgow excepted, 
never have we seen the Holy Spirit's nearness more keen- 
ly realized. These thousands just hung spell-bound on 
the speaker's lips. It appeared as though he dare not 
stop, so many hungry ones were there to feed. At last, 
when about to close, and the audience strained to catch 
the last solemn words, the preacher, casting his eye on a 
little boy, seemed moved with an overpowering desire 
to tell the little ones of a children's Christ. Then fol- 
lowed for fifteen minutes more the most beautiful and 
pathetic children's sermon we have ever heard; and, 
turning to the weeping mothers and fathers, he con- 
cluded with a last tender appeal, which must have sunk 
deep into many a parent's heart. 



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INQUIRY-MEETINGS. 

*'Long before the close of the address it was evident to 
all that the Lord of the harvest was going to give us a 
glorious reaping-time that night. We had not, indeed, 
been ten minutes on the ground, when a stranger whis- 
pered, in the very middle of the address, ' Will you come 
and speak to a woman about her soul ?' at the same time 
pointing out a drooping figure standing near, with face 
buried in her shawl. We were not surprised, therefore, 
at the great crowds which entered the inquiry-meetings 
— in one church for women, another in a large hall for 
men, while the Christians went apart by themselves to 
another church to pray. The arrangements connected 
with these after-meetings were all beautifully managed, 
and shortly after nine o'clock the whole three were well 
under way. The women's inquiry-meeting was supplied 
with relays of workers from the prayer-meeting. The 
work was on a very large scale, and the workers' report 
was that the cases were of a very hopeful character. But 
the work among the men — and this is a splendid testi- 
mony to the depth and reality of the impressions — was 
even on a larger scale still ; and the sight in the Evan- 
gelistic Hall, where the men's inquiry-meeting was held, 
is not soon to be forgotten. The whole hall was filled 
with men, broken up into little groups of twos and threes, 
talking in hushed yet earnest voices on the great subject 
of the one thing needful ; while behind, in the committee- 
room, half a hundred young men were gathered in prayer 
for their groping brothers. Many of these had them- 
selves but newly decided for Christ, and were the fruit 

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194 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

of the week's meetings for men, which have been blessed 
bj God far above all expectation. 

"It is useless to attempt to give even an approximate 
idea of the extent of the blessing which fell upon El- 
gin on Thursday night. The whole of Morayshire has 
shared it, and a powerful hold has been gained in nearly 
every farm-house and village throughout the country- 
side." 



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IX. 

CLOSING MEETINGS IN SCOTLAND. 
MEETING AT CRAIG CASTLE. 

On Sunday afternoon, an open-air evangelistic service 
was held on Craig Castle lawn, conducted by Mr. Moody. 
The weather in the early part of the day was very un- 
propitious, heavy showers descending, with brief inter- 
vals, until four P.M., when the rain ceased, and it contin- 
ued fair during the evening. The wet detained not a 
few at their homes, no doubt, but most of those who 
came seemed to have determined to be present in any 
case; and by five o'clock a very large company — es- 
pecially taking into account the thinly-peopled districts 
from which they had gathered — had assembled on the 
beautiful lawn in front of the castle. Every valley and 
hamlet within a radius of ten miles sent its company in 
gig, cart, or afoot, until at five o'clock about two thou- 
sand five hundred people stood on the lawn. The gath- 
ering resembled somewhat one of the Covenanter hill- 
side meetings, save that while the Bibles were still pres- 
ent, the broadswords were altogether absent ; and the 
rendezvous, instead of being a wild, rocky pass, was a 
hospitable castle, with its fairy dell and leaping linn, cel- 
ebrated in song, and known as one of the loveliest spots 
in Scotland. 

The beauty of the scene seemed specially to move Mr. 
Moody, who referred to it again and again in his dis- 



196 THE WORK OF GOD IN GEE AT BRITAIK 

course, which was one of peculiar beauty, power, and 
pathos. Standing in an open carriage placed near a tow- 
ering tree, the preacher spoke for nearly an hour from 
the parable of the marriage-feast. A very marked im- 
pression was produced, and many retired at the close of 
the service for conversation with the preacher and other 
ministers and friends. 

The Craig gathering of August, 1874, will, we believe, 
be ever memorable to not a few as "the beginning of 
days" to them. 

During the last days of August, a farewell conven- 
tion was held at Inverness. It was an "all-day meet- 
ing," each hour being devoted to a special subject. 

After the convention, Mr. Moody went down the Cal- 
edonian Canal to Oban, and there on Friday, the 28th, 
gave an address, with much apparent blessing, in the 
United Presbyterian Church. There had been much 
preparatory work in the town, not only in the open-air 
meetings, but also in other special services; and in the 
two preceding months the Eev. H. Bonar and the Eev. 
A. Bonar had ministered the Word in. the Free Church. 
From Oban Mr. Moody went to Campbelton, by way of 
Tarbert, on Loch Fyne, and remained from the 29th till 
the 8d of September, when he left for Rothesay, taking 
the Tarbert route, and staying at Ballinakill, where many 
were gathered from various parts of Kintyre to meet 
him. His work at Campbelton was deeply interesting, 
and was crowned with remarkable blessing. He com- 
menced on Sunday, the 80th, by three services ; speak- 
ing first to workers, then on the blood, and lastly on the 
grand command, " Go ye into all the world and preach 
the Gospel to every creature," The result after that last 



CLOSING 3IEETINQS W SCOTLAND. 197 

address was most striking. Upward of fifty stood up to 
ask to be prayed for, and to declare their desire to be 
Christians. The meeting had been overcrowded, and 
some went to the Drill • Hall, where the Gospel was 
preached by willing helpers; but in the great after-meet- 
ing in the church all were united, and it was felt to be 
a time of wonderful enlargement and power. On the 
three following days the interest was deepened at suc- 
cessive meetings ; till at the last, on Wednesday night, 
when Mr. Moody had preached on God's invitation and 
man's excuses, a very large number were gathered into 
a hall, either as converts or inquirers ; and it was mani- 
fest that much fruit had been gathered to life eternal. 
The work now is laid on the hearts of some who are 
striving to confirm the souls of the disciples ; and, as one 
means, it has been arranged to have a converts' meeting 
weekly, similar to that in Ewing Place, Glasgow. 

The last meeting was at Kothesay, and is thus de- 
scribed : 

"Meetings for special prayer and evangelistic work 
have been held here since the middle of October last 
year. These meetings were held in several of the church- 
es on the Sabbath evenings ; in the Victoria Hall, and 
latterly in the Town Mission Hall on week-day evenings. 
These services, added to the general interest manifested 
throughout the country in religious things, led to united 
meetings for prayer. These daily meetings were brought 
to a close about the end of May. The meetings in the 
Town Mission, however, were continued three nights 
weekly, from the 14th of December last till the present 
time, and have, we believe, been blessed to not a few. 
There have been marked cases of interest, and those who 



198 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

took part in the meetings have been greatly refreshed 
and encouraged, while week by week they were growing 
more earnest in the work. The prayer-meeting on Sat- 
urday evenings has been for some time marked as pos- 
sessed of more than usual interest. 

"Several requests from all the ministers and office- 
bearers in town were sent to Messrs. Moody and Sankey, 
without success until last week, when, on returning from 
Campbelton to Greenock, en route for Belftist, Mr. Moody 
kindly agreed to spend Thursday evening in Kothesay. 
As soon as the telegram to this effect was received, ar- 
rangements were at once made for holding one or more 
meetings. The news soon spread through the town and 
island, and it was speedily evident that one building 
would be insufficient to hold the numbers likely to at-' 
tend. Accordingly it was arranged to hold a meeting at 
seven o'clock in the West Free Church, and a second 
meeting in the East Free Church, at half- past eight 
o'clock. After Mr. Moody's arrival it was found that 
only one meeting could be addressed by him, and a 
change of arrangement had accordingly to be made — a 
change at first regretted, but which eventually proved 
to be for the benefit of all. The West Free Church, be- 
ing the largest building, was accordingly selected, and by 
seven o'clock was literally packed — passages, pulpit stairs, 
lobby, etc., being occupied by a dense mass of human be- 
ings. Mr. Moody arrived at half-past seven, when Eev. 
Mr. Thomson took the chair, and gave out the 4:3d Psalm. 
Rev. Mr. Ross read several requests for prayer, after 
which, the Chairman having engaged in prayer, it speed- 
ily became manifest that the atmosphere of the church 
was such as the ordinary means of ventilation could not 



CLOSING MEETINGS IN SCOTLAND, 199 

remedy, so densely was it packed. During the singing 
of two hymns — 'God is Love,' and 'Jesus paid it all' — 
arrangements were being made for conducting the serv- 
ice in the open air. 

" To the great relief of many in the church, and to the 
intense delight of hundreds outside, Mr. Moody intimated 
that the remainder of the service would be conducted 
by the sea-shore on the Esplanade. Here, in a few min- 
utes, during which the 28d and part of the 17th Psalms 
were being sung, an immense throng of people, number- 
ing not fewer than three thousand persons, had assem- 
bled round the preacher. After a short prayer, Mr. 
Moody preached from Mark xvi., 15, 16. For fully an 
hour he riveted the attention of his large audience, nar- 
rative, metaphor, parable, illustration, and appeal follow- 
ing each other in quick succession and agreeable variety. 
Toward the close of the service the scene was one never 
to be forgotten. The firmament was cloudless, and myr- 
iads of stars shone brilliantly (for by this time night had 
fully set in), and were reflected in the Bay, beyond which 
lay the Cowal Hills, dark and massive in the distance. Ev- 
ery now and again the houses in the Gallowgate and the 
spire of the West Free Church were lighted up by flash- 
es of sheet-lightning. The Esplanade with its thousands 
was in front of the preacher. Deeply impressed, evident- 
ly, with the position, the scene, and the circumstance that 
he was addressing probably for the last time a Scottish 
audience, Mr. Moody concluded a discourse which for 
point and power we have not heard on any former oc- 
casion surpassed. It was evident the Spirit of the living 
God blessed the truth, for when the intimation was given 
that a second meeting would be held in the church for 



200 TEE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

prayer and further explanation of the way of life, the 
building was very speedily well-nigh filled. 

"An inquiry-meeting was held afterward in the hall 
adjoining the church, to which a large number of per- 
sons retired, deeply impressed with the concerns of the 
soul. The night of Thursday, the 8d of September, 
1874, will be memorable in the history of many a pre- 
cious soul, and multitudes will joyfully echo the words 
of the Psalmist : ' The Lord hath done great things for 
us, whereof we are glad.' " 



THE WORK IN IRELAND. 



L 

BELFAST. 

Since the great revival of 1859 Ireland has never 
been so deeply and extensively moved as during the 
visits of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. In some respects 
there is a marked contrast between the two awakenings. 
At that time there were great physical excitement and 
outward signs, such as loud cries, and what were term- 
ed "prostrations," indicating inward agony of spirit and 
feelings of terror. In the present revival the Spirit has 
been pleased to move more silently, and touch the tender 
chords of the heart. From " the sweet hour of prayer" 
there have gone forth influences gentle as the summer 
breeze, carrying to thousands a sense of the love of Je- 
sus, and of the attractions of the heavenly home. The 
truth has been given in the words and. songs of our dear 
brethren, baptized with their tears, and palpitating with 
their heartfelt interest in the salvation of souls. We are 
tempted to express our personal gratification that they 
are American brethren ; but they now belong to no one 
country, but to Grod. Christendom adopts them, and all 
who love our Lord Jesus Christ pray for their success. 
Through them America salutes Ireland, expressing the 

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202 THE WORE OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

hope that all her sons and daughters may be brought 
into the kingdom of God. 

On Sunday morning, September 6th, 1874, at the ear- 
ly hour of eight, the evangelists commenced their labors 
in Belfast, and continued their meetings for ten weeks, 
chiefly in that city, Londonderry, and Dublin. The 
same encouragement attended every meeting ; the same 
blessed outpouring of the Spirit followed their efforts 
that had marked their past career. The largest church- 
es in Belfast were crowded, and at the open-air meet- 
ings on the Sabbath the masses were computed by acres; 
while at a week-day meeting held in the Botanic Gar- 
dens, it was estimated that twenty -five thousand per- 
sons were present. In gathering in the harvests in the 
closing meetings, one was appointed for inquirers and 
another for converts, admission being given by tickets. 
It is stated that upward of two thousand four hundred 
persons were thus admitted to the first meeting, and that 
Mr. Moody was most deeply moved by it, as we shall see 
in the narrative to be given. For the meeting for con- 
verts two thousand one hundred and fifty tickets were 
given. What a harvest, and so soon gathered in ! The 
details of the work are given in most of the leading 
British religious journals, from which we make extracts. 

The first meeting, September 6th, was exclusively for 
Christian workers, and long before the hour named the 
chapel was crowded. The meeting was conducted in the 
usual way by Messrs. Moody and Sankey. Mr. Moody 
struck the key-note of entire devotedness and unwea- 
ried labor for the Lord Jesus. All present seemed, in si- 
lent prayer, to lay themselves upon the altar afresh, as 
livinsj sacrifices to the service of God. 



BELFAST. 203 

The second meeting was advertised to meet at half- 
past eleven in the Fisherwick Place spacious church. 
The desire to hear had crowded the church long before 
that hour, many going away unable to obtain admission. 
Mr. Sankey led the praise. Mr. Moody chose as his sub- 
ject, " Love." The impression upon the minds of mul- 
titudes was very deep. Many, we feel persuaded, tasted 
in fresh power of the love of God, and had their love 
drawn out toward him. 

Still a third meeting remained, advertised to be held at 
7 P.M., in the largest church in Belfast, capable of holding 
two thousand. It is considered that not above one-fourth 
of the people, who crowded the streets around the build- 
ing, were able to gain admission. During the service there 
were visible signs of the presence and power of the Holy 
Spirit. At the second meeting many anxious sinners re- 
mained for conversation. Not a few professed to accept 
the offered gift of God from the hand of his only -begot- 
ten Son. 

The daily prayer-meeting was commenced in Dougall 
Street Chapel on Monday, at twelve. The chapel was 
so overcrowded that it was deemed advisable to adjourn 
next day to a m.ore capacious building, capable of hold- 
ing fourteeen hundred people. This "sweet hour of 
prayer " is the centre of the whole movement, and has 
already proved a blessing to many. On Monday even- 
ing the evangelistic meeting was held in Kosemary Street 
Church. It was a most blessed and fruitful one ; but the 
crowd was so great, and caused such inconvenience, as to 
induce Mr. Moody to alter his plans somewhat, and dur- 
ing the succeeding days of the week he has held a meet- 
ing at two P.M. exclusively for women, in Fisherwick 



204 THE WOBE OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Place Church, and a meeting in the evening in the oth- 
er church exclusively for men. The Lord has greatly 
blessed the arrangement. The meeting at two o'clock 
for women has been crowded each day. The Spirit of 
the Lord has been present to heal. Each day increasing 
numbers remain to be spoken to about their souls, and 
many profess to have entered into rest through faith in 
Jesus. 

CROWDED MEETINGS. 

The work has had a good commencement in Belfast. 
Numbers thronged to the churches, so much so that the 
happy plan was adopted of dividing the meetings, and 
holding gatherings for women only at two o'clock, and 
for men at eight o'clock. 

On Friday (11th), Mr. Moody addressed both meeetings, 
taking for his text, " The Son of man is come to seek 
and to save that which was lost." With great power 
and aptitude he proclaimed the Lord Jesus as the " Seek- 
er;" and very touchingly he convinced the people that 
he was now seeking each individually, seeking to save 
and to bless them. Mighty faith, then, appears to be the 
secret of Mr. Moody's power. On the hearers he urges 
decision now to accept salvation on faith in Jesus only. 
His address was interspersed with telling illustrations, 
which came right home to every heart. He rapidly re- 
ferred to the parable of the lost sheep and lost piece of 
silver, and graphically narrated the sudden conversion 
of Zaccheus, unmistakably evidenced by the immediate 
fruit of the Spirit in his change from an extortioner to 
a restitutor. Mr. Sankey's very sweet solos and touching 
hymns, accompanied by the American harmonium, pro- 



BELFAST. 205 

duced a powerful effect in deepening the impression of 
the Word. 

The large church of the Eev. H. M. Williamson, which 
holds two thousand, was filled with women of all classes ; 
and the one in Kosemary Street, which holds fifteen hun- 
dred, had every seat occupied with men. They were 
mostly shop-keepers and mechanics, and a large propor- 
tion such as do not regularly attend churches. After 
the evening meeting, the Christians were invited to re- 
main and pray for the speakers to the anxious ; and the 
inquirers were directed to side apartments, of which sev- 
eral were filled with those whom the Holy Spirit was 
convincing of sin, and of the need of a Saviour. 

On Saturday, the 12th, there was one meeting for chil- 
dren, presided over by Mr. Sankey. It was most inter- 
esting, and crowded with earnest and thoughtful young 
faces. 

On Sabbath, the 13th inst., Mr. Moody held a meeting 
for Christian workers at the early hour of eight, and not- 
withstanding the hour, the place was crowded, so much 
so, that the overflow filled an adjoining room. The ad- 
dress was touching entire consecration to God, and more 
whole-hearted activity in his service. An open-air meet- 
ing was advertised for half- past two o'clock. It was 
held in an open space, in the midst of the mill-workers 
of the town. Few, if any, of the thousands who attend- 
ed that meeting will ever forget it. Yery many will re- 
member it with joy in the Father's home on high. The 
attendance was exceedingly great, estimated variously at 
from ten to twenty thousand ! The weather was favor- 
able. Mr. Moody's address was founded upon Mark 
xvi., 15, " Go ye into all the world and preach the Gos- 



206 THE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BRITAIN. 

pel to every creature." Mr. Sankej sung "Jesus of 
Nazareth passeth by." While be was singing, I could 
observe in the glistening eyes and the deep sighs of many 
around where I stood that it was even so. 

In the evening Mr. Moody held a meeting exclusively 
for inquirers ; no others were admitted. The attendance 
exceeded upward of three hundred. All human com- 
putation on this subject must be very indefinite; but 
when we consider the many who were not present, as 
the evening service was held at the same hour in all the 
churches, and add also the numbers at inquiry-meetings 
held in many of the churches, it will be seen that the 
shaking among the dry bones has been already very 
great ; in Mr. Moody's judgment, greater than during 
the first week in any other place. 

The attendance at the meetings on Monday, 14th, 
was greater than before. At the meeting for women in 
Fisherwick Place there were present about fifteen hun- 
dred, and at the meeting for inquirers a marked increase ; 
more, indeed, than the Christian workers present could 
reach. 

As time advances this gracious work of God seems to 
extend and deepen rapidly. On Tuesday the experi- 
ment was tried of holding a meeting in the evening ex- 
clusively for women, in order to reach the workers in 
mills and warehouses. More than an hour before the 
time of meeting the streets around were packed with a 
dense mass of women ; and when the gates were opened 
the place was filled almost in a moment, and after that, 
with the overflow, three large churches. In all these 
meetings, the anxious willing to be spoken to were more 
than could receive attention. We have reached a difii- 



BELFAST. 207 

cultj of an unusual character — an inability to find Chris- 
tian workers in sufficient number, who are willing to 
point the seeking sinner to the Lamb of Grod. 

The number of strangers who from long distances vis- 
it Belfast to attend the midday meetings is daily increas- 
ing. In this way the work is already extending, and, I 
trust, will cover the whole island. At its present stage 
of progress the most marked features are desire to hear 
the Word of God, willingness to be spoken to upon the 
state of the soul, frank confession on the part of many 
that they do not savingly know Jesus, and, most blessed 
of all, the equally frank confession on the part of many 
that they have "found him of whom Moses in the law 
and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth." 

Last night (Thursday, 17th) the number waiting to be 
spoken to was so great that an attempt to speak to each 
individually was scarcely made. Two or three addresses 
were given pointing them to the Lamb of God for sal- 
vation. 

PROGRESS OF THE WORK. 

The progress of the work of God in Belfast is still very 
encouraging. God continues to own the labors of these 
dear brethren. The manifestations of the Spirit's pres- 
ence and power were very marked. In the earlier days 
of the movement, of the many who were deeply con- 
vinced of sin, comparatively few seemed to come to rest 
and faith in Jesus. It seemed as if a higher tide of the 
Spirit's power were needed to guide them through the 
quicksands of difficulty, and over the bar of doubt and 
distrust, into the haven of rest. 

This week, we thank God, it is otherwise. We can 



208 THE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BRITAIN. 

say with thanksgiving concerning many, " They which 
have believed do enter into rest." 

The meeting for the young on Saturday (26th) was 
very striking. Mr. Moody presided. The truth seemed 
to reach, in the Spirit's power, many young hearts. A 
meeting for boys under fifteen has been organized. 
Some of the cases are exceedingly touching, affording, 
I conceive, illustrations of the work of God upon the 
human heart in its simplest and deepest form. This 
meeting for boys assembles every evening at half- past 
seven. 

The open-air meeting on Sabbath (27th) was held in a 
different part of the town ; the multitudes assembling 
were equally as great (according to some greater) as on 
the past Sabbaths. Mr. Moody's address was well calcu- 
lated to awaken from security, and draw sinners to the 
one refuge. We have been reaping the fruits in our in- 
quiry-meetings during the week. 

On Monday Fisherwick Place Church was open for 
inquirers from two till ten o'clock. Mr. Moody and 
other Christian workers were occupied all that time in 
pointing sinners to the Lamb of God. It is impossible 
to say, how many wounded spirits were conversed with 
during the day. 

Though more privately held, I must not omit to no- 
tice a meeting which Mr. Moody had on Sabbath night 
(27th), with men who profess to have been led to Je- 
sus since these special meetings began, and with others 
anxiously seeking. I saw many wonderful meetings 
during the year of grace (1859), but I do not think I was 
ever so impressed with the glory and beauty of the work 
of God as when I entered this meeting toward the close 



BELFAST. 209 

of it. It was a sight which, would have drawn tears 
of joy from any heart to see upward of two hundred 
young men, the very flower of our youth, one after 
another acknowledging Jesus. Passing just across the 
street, I entered May Street Church, where more than a 
thousand men were assembled to hear the glad tidings 
of great joy. 

In order that as many as possible might have an op- 
portunity of hearing the Gospel at these special services, 
admission on Tuesday night was by tickets, given only 
to such as had not hitherto heard Mr. Moody. About 
three thousand tickets were given on personal applica- 
tion. It was a season to be remembered. The soil, so 
to speak, was virgin ; the attention so marked as to be 
almost painful in its silence ; the presence of God very 
powerful in the consciousness of every spiritual mind. 
The inquirers at the close of the meeting were spoken 
to, as far as they could be overtaken, in adjacent 
churches, to which the men and women were sent re- 
spectively. 

Sabbath morning (4th) dawned upon us very wet and 
windy. We had fears that it would be impossible for 
the masses of the people to meet in the open air ; but a 
little while before the hour of meeting the rain ceased, 
the sun shone out, and the weather became most auspi- 
cious. Here let me say it has been most noteworthy that, 
during the last weeks, while we have had most inclement 
weather, yet every Sabbath-day and at the hour of our 
great gatherings it has been all that could be desired. 

The number in attendance was fully equal to that of 
any preceding Sabbath. It may give some idea of the 
multitude to state, that the field on which the meeting 



210 THE WOBK OF &0D IN GREAT BRITAIK 

was held contains about six acres, and that the people 
stood densely packed from one end to the other. There 
was profound solemnity. The impression upon the hearts 
of the people by the truth in the power of the Spirit was 
very deep. 

Mr. Moody held his usual meeting on Sabbath even- 
ing for those in deep distress about salvation, and for 
those who had found eternal life during the past weeks, 
through faith in Jesus. The meeting was exclusively 
for men, and admission solely by ticket. The hall in 
which it was held was completely filled. Mr. Moody 
stated in the noon-day prayer-meeting on Monday that, 
in his judgment, it was the most remarkable meeting he 
has had yet in Europe. To God be all the praise! One 
after another of these young men — and they comprise the 
verj^ flower of our youth — rose, and, with clearness and 
wonderful felicity of expression, in burning words de- 
clared what God had done for his soul. At length, at 
nine o'clock, the meeting was closed. 

Meanwhile another meeting of men was assembling 
in a church. It was already very nearly filled when we 
heard the tread of a large company approaching. It was 
a phalanx of these redeemed youths. They sung the 
new song. In a spontaneous burst of praise they were 
telling forth the wonders of redeeming love. No lan- 
guage can describe the scene. The heavenly echoes of 
that burst of praise, I think, will never be forgotten by 
any who heard it. The meeting that followed, consist- 
ing of some two thousand men, I need not say, was one 
of profound interest — Jesus in the midst, and the march- 
ing glorious. 

During each day of this week and at every gathering 



BELFAST. 211 

more and more of the presence of the God of salvation 
has been manifested. Let me in a sentence or two at- 
tempt to describe one which was most wonderful. Mr. 
Moody addressed on Monday evening in Fisherwick 
Place Church a meeting of men. At the close of his 
address, all who had recently been found by the Good 
Shepherd, and also all who were seeking him, were re- 
quested to retire to the adjoining lecture-room. Some six 
hundred men responded. Mr. Moody again sifted them, 
by requesting that those only who were deeply anxious 
to be saved should adjourn to another room. Probably 
nearly three hundred did so. In breathless stillness Mr. 
Moody addressed them, very briefly stating that he could 
do no more for them — that they had heard the Gospel, and 
that it was for themselves to decide. He called upon 
them to kneel and pray for themselves. They bowed 
as one man, and now here and there might be heard the 
short cry for mercy — a few earnest words of supplica- 
tion ; probably about thirty or forty cried to God one 
after the other. " Surely the Lord is in this place 1" was 
the thought which rose in the hearts of all. 

After a short prayer by Mr. Moody, he addressed them 
very faithfully. He again held forth Christ, and invi- 
ted all to rise who felt that they could there and then 
accept Jesus. All of that large company, save twenty 
or thirty, stood up, and solemnly avouched the Lord to 
be their God. This wonderful sight can not be described. 
The glory of it can not be realized, even by those best 
acquainted with divine things. If there is joy in heav- 
en over one sinner that repenteth, what shall we say of 
the gladness in the Father's house when the penitents in 
companies of some two hundred enter, as it were, at once? 



212 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Thursday, October 8th, was selected for a gathering 
of the masses in the open air. Many had fears for the 
weather, but much earnest prayer in many places was 
offered to God for the success of the meeting. God did 
for us above what we asked. The weather was splen- 
did ; every thing, as regards order and decorum, was all 
that any of us could wish. It was the largest open-air 
meeting I had ever attended. I can not pretend to fix a 
limit to the numbers. He who counts the stars knew the 
history of each one present, and what were the dealings 
of his heart with Christ, and the free offer of his salva- 
tion. The only regret expressed by any was that the 
services were so short. 

Mr. Moody addressed the vast multitude from the 
words, "I pray thee have me excused." With graphic 
felicity, great clearness, and soul-piercing power, he ex- 
posed the miserable pretenses by which sinners impose 
upon themselves, in refusing an offer of present bless- 
edness. The address seemed to strike with convicting 
power many consciences, and, from many instances com- 
ing under my own observation, I have reason to believe, 
in salvation power. 

THE CROWNING BLESSING. 

The great gathering in the Botanic Gardens on Octo- 
ber 8th has been our crowning mercy in this season of 
blessing. We feel as if every prayer had been heard 
and every heart gratified by our gracious God. As the 
days pass, and as tidings reach us from the country dis- 
tricts all around, we continually hear of rich blessings be- 
stowed and of precious fruits following. Many carried 
with them to their homes the spark of renewed life. 



BELFAST. 213 

That spark has, in some cases, already kindled into a 
blaze. We receive the good news from many places 
of great readiness to hear the Word of God, and the cry, 
" Come over and help ns," reaches us from many quar- 
ters. 

Our dear American brethren left us on Saturday for 
Derry. Tidings have reached us that a great and effect- 
ual door was opened unto them in that city. Meanwhile, 
in Belfast our meetings have gone on as usual. The in- 
terest in divine things continues unabated, many anx- 
iously seeking Jesus, and many finding him as their 
refuge and portion. In the young men's meeting, held 
every evening at nine, the work of God makes great 
progress. Monday night was especially a night of great 
power. 

Messrs. Moody and Sankey returned from Derry this 
morning (October 15th) to hold their final meeting, ere 
passing on to Dublin. Mr. Moody presided at the noon- 
day prayer-meeting. The subject was, "Lessons from 
the Life of Jacob." The meeting was one of great inter- 
est. The meeting in the evening was held in St. Enoch's 
Church. It was exclusively for sinners under anxiety 
of soul, who professed to be earnestly seeking Jesus. Ad- 
mission was by tickets, and that, moreover, on personal 
application. 

Eeaders may judge of the depth of the movement and 
the measure of awakening power upon the souls of men 
by the Spirit of God, when I state that upward of two 
thousand four hundred persons were so admitted! It 
was Mr. Moody's last appeal in Belfast to the Christless. 
I may not attempt to describe the scene ! He set before 
the anxious, sin-stricken multitude, Jesus in all the glory 



214 THE WORK OF GOD m GREAT BRITAIN. 

of his sufficiency — in all the attractions of his dying 
love. He showed him as, with one foot upon the thresh- 
old of the heart, seeking admission. Now in faithful 
and firm words he warned them of the dangers of delay, 
and then he gently moved them in tenderness, as one 
whom his mother comforteth. At length he ceased 
speaking, that each might hear in the silence the voice 
of Jesus pleading directly. In the awful stillness of that 
moment many of that great company of seeking sinners, 
I trust, were able to say in words expressive of soul 
submission, " Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth." 

I think it must have been the most notable meeting 
in the experience of Mr. Moody. I do not at present re- 
member to have read of any such meeting, as regards 
the number of the awakened, in modern times. Does it 
not seem like a return of Pentecostal power, when three 
thousand were similarly smitten with soul concern ? 

October 17th. — Yesterday was the concluding day of 
the labors of our beloved brethren. The noonday 
prayer-meeting was crowded. The great multitude was 
moved deeply with contending feelings — of joy in God 
and gratitude for all he had done, for so many of them 
through the labors of his servants; of sorrow because 
they should see their faces no more till the resurrection- 
morn. The meeting commended them to the grace of 
God, beseeching the God of all grace to bestow a fresh 
baptism upon them of power for their work in Dublin. 

At the two o'clock meeting in Fisherwick Place 
Church Mr. Moody chose as his subject, "The Gift of the 
Holy Ghost as a Baptism of Power for Witnessing and 
Work." As he spoke of power, the Spirit of might 
seemed to descend upon him. 



BELFAST. 215 

The meeting in the evening was for the young con- 
verts, for all who had reason to believe that they had 
found Jesus since Messrs. Moody and Sankey came to 
Belfast. Admission was strictly by ticket. These tick- 
ets were only given on personal application. About two 
thousand one hundred and fifty tickets were given! 
What a rich harvest — how soon gathered ! The result 
of some five weeks' work ! We have good reason to 
believe that even this number fell very far short of the 
whole number who profess to have received Jesus as the 
gift of God. 

It was a soul-stirring sight to see that vast multitude, 
including the Christian workers and ministers, number- 
ing more than three thousand. It was like the sound 
of many waters to hear this multitude sing the new song. 
As all stood and sung in one burst of praise, 

"O happy day, that fixed my choice 
On thee, my Saviour and my God ! " 

the effect was overpowering, filling the soul with a sweet 
foretaste of the praises of heaven. 

Mr. Moody's last word of comfort and encouragement 
was founded on Rom. xiv., 4, "God is able to make him 
stand." He closed his address by commending all the 
new-born souls "to him who is able to keep you from 
falling." Hundreds of men not used to the melting 
mood, with weeping eyes and heaving bosoms, heard him 
say, as he concluded, "Good-night! We shall meet in 
the morning when the shadows flee away." 



216 THE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BBITAIN. 



II 

LONDONDERRY. 

Messrs. Moody and Sankej arrived at Londonderry 
from Belfast on Saturday evening, and commenced their 
labors on Sunday, the 11th, with the same spirit of energy 
and enthusiasm which had carried them through so much 
in Belfast. Mr. Moody exhibited little trace of hard work 
or fatigue, though for some weeks past he had gone 
through an amount of mental and physical toil under 
which many men would have completely broken down. 
There were the same freshness and vigor, the same fer- 
tility of illustration and pointed application, the same 
earnestness and simplicity, the same zeal and enthusiasm, 
and the same intense desire to win souls for his Master. 
Three services on the Sabbath, and the same number on 
each of the following three days of the week, with in- 
quiry-meetings each evening, have been his programme 
here, and he never seemed to fail either in body or mind. 
He appeared conscious of the shortness of his visit, and 
seemed to grow more earnest in consequence. 

While Mr. Moody faithfully presented the Gospel, Mr. 
Sankey was no less faithful in his lessons in song. He 
was so admirably assisted by a local choir as to draw a 
special eulogium from Mr. Moody at one of the noon 
meetings. He said he had heard a great many choirs 
assist at these meetings, but he had never yet heard one 
which sung so sweetly and so well as the one which had 



LONDONBERUY, 217 

been organized to assist in singing the praises of God in 
Londonderry. On the same occasion he referred to the 
importance of the Church paying greater attention to 
the subject of praise. Some were only for singing the 
psahns, but he thought they should also sing " new- 
songs." A new hymn was just as good as a sermon. 
They could sing the Gospel into many a man's heart. 
He hoped the Church would feel alive to its duty in this 
matter of praise, and not be hindered by prejudice, which 
is the twin sister of unbelief. 

The opening meeting was intended for Christian work- 
ers, and Mr. Moody dwelt especially on the subject of 
Christian work, and gave some earnest and practical 
counsel. On the same day two meetings were held in 
the First Presbyterian Church, one at four and the other 
at eight o'clock. The ordinary congregational services 
were conducted in the church at twelve o'clock, without, 
of course, any instrumental accompaniment in the praise. 
At both special services the church was crowded to 
overflowing, and the gates had to be closed half an houj 
before the commencement of the service. 

On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, three services 
were held each day, including one children's service. 
Owing to the heavy rain on Monday, the church was 
not so well filled as on the other days, when the congre- 
gations were very large; but on each evening fully two 
thousand found accommodation in the church, filling it 
from floor to ceiling, while the hundreds unable to gain 
admittance went to the Wesleyan Chapel, where they 
were suitably addressed. The concluding meeting on 
Wednesday evening was especially large, and the serv- 
ices particularly solemn. 

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218 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

With regard to the audiences, they were thorough- 
ly representative. Young and old of all classes, not 
only of the inhabitants of Derry, but of the surround- 
ing districts, for miles, attended. Excursion trains on 
the Irish North-western Kailway and Northern Counties 
Eailway brought many into the town, while hundreds 
walked and drove many miles, in order to be present at 
the meetings. The attendance steadily increased to the 
close, and as the last of the services approached, there 
seemed to be a general expression of regret on the part 
of all interested. A noticeable incident in connection 
with the meetings, was the large number of clergymen 
who were present at them. 

The prevailing characteristic of all the meetings was 
intense earnestness and solemnity, without any undue 
excitement. The services seemed to awaken the liveliest 
interest in the public mind, and to produce a marked 
impression. The inquiry-meetings after the first night 
were well attended, large numbers of both sexes remain- 
ing for conversation and prayer with Mr. Moody and the 
Christian workers who were admitted (by ticket) to con- 
verse with the anxious. In this respect every precau- 
tion was taken that none but duly qualified persons 
should be admitted. The time occupied at these meet- 
ings was brief, but the addresses and conversations ear- 
nest and impressive. The upper room was set apart for 
female inquirers, and the lower school-room for males. 
These meetings are described by those who were present 
as having been of a most interesting character. 

Arrangements were made for continuing a twelve 
o'clock prayer-meeting, and a meeting at eight o'clock 
P.M. daily. . 



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III. 

DUBLIN. 

Our brethren tarried in this city from October 24th 
to November 29th, a month of the same spiritual bless- 
ings, vast assemblies, wakirig-up of churches, and uprisings 
of multitudes seeking Jesus as before. The clear notes 
of the Gospel trumpet seemed to be heard in every street, 
lane, house and shop, factory and school, in the city, call- 
ing men, women, and children to hasten and secure the 
life everlasting. Every wind that blew seemed to bear 
over the city the glad tidings of salvation. Every morn- 
ing sun lighted up the pathways to the cross. The in- 
different were aroused, the hardened were melted, scoff- 
ers were silenced. Protestants and Catholics mingled in 
the isame crowds, and pressed forward together to reach 
the fountains of the water of life. Without stopping to 
give details in chronological order, let us look at the 
grand results. 

Eev. J. G. Phillips writes in the Times of Blessing : 
"To a stranger attending one of the services of these 
American evangelists, it would seem as if they were ad- 
dressing a Dublin audience for the first time, the crowds 
are so great and the interest evinced is so intense. Day 
after day every meeting is crowded. Neither time, dis- 
tance, nor weather appears to have much effect in dimin- 
ishing the number of those who attend. On Monday 
morning, the 2d inst, as the rain was coming down very 



220 TEE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BBITAIK 

heavily at the hour for the noon gathering, and had been 
doing so for some time previously, I thought there would 
be but a very small attendance at the prayer - meeting ; 
but when I got there, I was agreeably disappointed. 
Last night, Friday, the attendance at the Exhibition Hall 
was larger than I have seen it on any week-night since 
these meetings began. And not only is the work grow- 
ing broader, but I believe it is also growing deeper ; it 
is becoming a more personal thing with many. It is 
not simply what Messrs. Moody and Sankey have to say ; 
but it is, ' What have Christ and Christianity to do with 
meV To many hearts this question is now brought home, 
and many, very many with deep earnestness are asking, 
* What must I do to be saved ?' 

" The general details of the work here this week are 
the same, with a few exceptions, as last w^eek. Two 
meetings on Sabbath — one at eight o'clock in the morn- 
ing for Christian workers, Sabbath-school teachers, etc., 
and another, in the Exhibition Palace, at four o'clock in 
the afternoon ; and three meetings each week-day, except 
Saturday, when there are only two — one at twelve o'clock 
for children, and the other, a prayer-meeting, at half-past 
seven, for Christian workers alone. On Sabbath evening 
last there was, in addition to all these, a meeting for in- 
quirers at half-past eight o'clock. 

"All the meetings on Sabbath were largely attended. 
At the eight o'clock a.m. meeting for workers the Metro- 
politan Hall was crowded. Mr. Moody continued his 
subject of the previous Sabbath — Kequisites for those 
who would work for Christ — b}^ speaking on 'Enthusi- 
asm,' which he said was the fourth Eequisite. He cer- 
tainly appeared to be most enthusiastic himself He de- 



DUBLIN. 221 

livered his address in his usual earnest manner, and il- 
lustrated his various points by some most striking anec- 
dotes of his own personal experience. The effect of the 
meeting was good, and many, if not all, went away stirred 
up, and determined to be not half-hearted, but more ener- 
getic and enthusiastic workers in the Master's vineyard. 

" The afternoon meeting was, so far as outwardly ap- 
peared, most successful. The crowd was immense. 
Long before the hour for beginning the meeting, hun- 
dreds were going away unable to get a seat, and at four 
o'clock the whole vast space was one living mass of hu- 
man beings. It w^as sufficient to rouse the most apathet- 
ic to see such a multitude of people listening with the 
most rapt attention to that which, sent to their hearts by 
the Holy Spirit, was able to make them wise to salva- 
tion. There was not the least jar during the whole serv- 
ice, which was most impressive and solemnizing; and 
Mr. Moody's address, which was on what Christ is doing, 
and what he offers and wants to be to us, was most soul- 
stirring. 

"The inquirers' meeting, which I have already men- 
tioned, held in the Metropolitan Hall at half-past eight 
o'clock, was a most interesting one. A large number 
were present, and many went away rejoicing in Christ. 

"The meetings of Sabbath were an index to those of 
the whole week ; for from the prayer-meeting at noon 
on Monday to the children's service in the Exhibition 
Palace at noon to-day, Saturday, all the meetings were 
most interesting, solemnizing, and edifying, and were all 
very largely attended. The interest attaching to these 
meetings is not confined to the people of Dublin and its 
immediate neighborhood. Persons are coming from 



222 TEE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

some of the most southern and western counties of our 
island to be present at these services. I myself was 
speaking at one of them to a man who had brought his 
son, a boy about fourteen years of age, a distance of one 
hundred miles for this sole purpose. And when these 
persons go back, in many cases they go not unblessed, 
but carry gracious sheaves with them, and thus their 
own neighborhood comes in for a share of the blessing 
which is now falling so richly on Dublin. 

"On Monday and Tuesday last, instead of the Bible 
readings at two o'clock, there were meetings for in- 
quirers. The body of the Metropolitan Hall was filled. 
These meetings were in addition to the usual inquiry- 
meetings held at the conclusion of the service every 
evening in the Exhibition Palace. It may give some 
idea not only of the numbers who attend the meetings in 
the Exhibition Palace from evening to evening, but also 
of those who are roused to think of their souls, when I 
state that hundreds of inquirers have remained to be con- 
versed with every evening this week. And the numbers 
have been increasing nightly. Last night, Friday, as 
soon as the large doors between the hall and the 'large 
concert-hall,' where the inquiry-meetings are held, were 
opened, the inquirers came flocking in, and in a short 
time the room was almost filled. Of course, amidst such 
a number of people, there are a great variety of experi- 
ences and states of mind. I would not say that all those 
who make their way to the inquiry-room are very deep- 
ly convinced of sin or anxious for salvation ; but many 
of them are most desirous and most terribly in earnest 
to discover the way of salvation; and many who go 
there in despair depart in joy ; while many more, who 



DUBLIN. 223 

never go to the inquiry-meetings at all, find peace and a 
firm resting-place in the riven side of the Eock of Ages." 

FROM AN EPISCOPALIAN MINISTER. 

" We have never before seen such sights in Dublin as 
we have seen this last week, night after night, at the Ex- 
hibition Palace. It is estimated to hold ten thousand 
persons. Every night it is filled, and the attention and 
silence are wonderful. One feels that the Spirit of God 
is present, and that '■ a wave of prayer' is continually go- 
ing up to the throne from the Lord's people. 

" The second week of this visit has now nearly come 
to a close ; and when the visits of kings and princes have 
been forgotten, this will be remembered by many, even 
through all eternity, for the Gospel so faithfully preached 
by Mr. Moody, and so sweetly sung by Mr. Sankey. 

" Thank God, every day reveals a growing interest on 
the part of the public at large in their evangelistic labors. 
Every day their work is extending, widening, and deep- 
ening. The inhabitants of Dublin are becoming alive to 
the fact that we are now in the enjoyment of a great 
' time of refreshing,' and that our gracious God is work- 
ing powerfully among us by the instrumentality of these 
his honored servants. 

Such a sight has never before been witnessed here as 
may now be seen every day — thousands flocking to the 
prayer-meeting and the Bible-meeting, and most of all to 
the evening services in the Great Exhibition Palace. It 
is a sight to fill the heart of the child of God with deep- 
est emotion to stand upon the platform erected in that 
building, from which Mr. Moody preaches, and to cast 
one's eye over the vast concourse of people, hanging on 



224 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

the speaker's lips, as in burning words he discourses of 
life and death, heaven and hell, 'Jesus and his love;' 
and. one can not but ask the question, ' What is the mag- 
ic power which draws together those mighty multitudes, 
and holds them spell-bound?' It is the simple lifting-up 
of the cross of Christ — the holding forth the Lord Jesus 
before the eyes of the people in all the glory of his God- 
head, in all the simplicity of his manhood, in all the per- 
fection of his nature, for their admiration, for their ado- 
ration, and for their acceptance. 

"As an Episcopalian minister, I am most thankful to 
see so many of the dear brethren of my own church, as 
well as of the other evangelical churches, attending and 
taking part in these happy services. 

"One dear brother, an able and godly minister, stated 
a day or two ago that, by attendance at these services, he 
seemed to have 'returned to the freshness of his spiritu- 
al youth.' 

"This is the outline of the past week's work. On 
Saturday evening, at the service in the exhibition build- 
ing, Mr. Moody entered into a defense of his custom of 
holding meetings for inquirers after each service, and 
proved, in answer to objectors, that he had abundant 
Scriptural warrant for so doing. 

" On Sunday morning, at eight o'clock, there was a 
meeting for prayer of the workers connected with this 
good cause. Mr. Moody addressed them, and spoke many 
kind words of encouragement. The afternoon service in 
the Exhibition Palace on the same day was densely crowd- 
ed, from eight to ten thousand persons being present. 
Mr. Moody preached a stirring sermon from Luke iv., 
18. The whole audience seemed deeply affected by the 



nuBLiK 225 

sermon, as also by that touching hymn, ' The Ninety and 
Nine.' 

"At the noon prayer-meeting on Monday at the Met- 
ropolitan Hall, the subject- was, ' Work for Christ.' Mr. 
Moody gave some striking instances of awakening which 
came under his own observation in the inquiry-room 
during the past week. The Eev. Dr. Marrable (Episco- 
palian) also supplied some interesting facts, as did also 
the Rev. Mr. Wilson, president of the Primitive Wesley- 
an Conference. The Rev. Dr. Craig told of an officer of 
rank and position, who was one of the first to scale the 
walls of Delhi, and who, though he was in Scotland dur- 
ing the sojourn there of the American evangelists, yet 
never attended their services, but who was induced to do 
so here last week, and the result was that he found a joy 
and peace in his soul which he had never before known. 
These are only a- few out of very many instances that 
might be mentioned. To God be all the praise! 

'All the services have been largely attended ; indeed, 
the numbers seem to increase from day to day. 

"I would specially call the attention of your Dublin 
readers to the Bible-reading at two o'clock each day in 
the Metropolitan Hall. There indeed is a feast of fat 
things prepared for them. It is deeply instructive to see 
the ' things new and old ' which Mr. Moody draws in rich 
profusion from the treasury of God's Word. May God 
bless him, and make him a blessing to thousands I" 

THE BIBLE A QUIVER OF ARROWS. 

"God has wonderfully fitted these his servants for the 
work he has given them to do. It is to be feared that 
there is a want of directness, if not of earnestness, in our 

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226 TEE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BRITAIN, 

preaching. Now the great characteristics of Mr. Moody's 
preaching, as Professor Blaikie, of Edinburgh, has well 
expressed it, 'are directness, earnestness, and natural- 
ness,' or, as a beloved brother in Dublin described, it, 
' He does not wait for the end. of his sermon to make the 
application, but the Bible in his hands is a quiver, and 
every passage to which he refers is an arrow, which, the 
Holy Ghost accompanying, he shoots home straight to 
the hearts of his hearers.' 

" The use of the inquiry-room. I am aware that here 
I am treading on delicate ground. I know that many 
ministers and others either object entirely to the inquiry- 
room, or are uncertain about it. I had, at first, the same 
difficulties myself; but, from what I have lately seen, I 
am satisfied it is of great importance to speak, if possible, 
with each anxious inquirer while the Gospel is still ring- 
ing in his ears — while his heart is softened and his con- 
science tender. In this way we come to know what are 
those doubts and fears and difficulties which are keeping 
the poor sinner from Christ. 

" The Bible-reading in the Metropolitan Hall, on Fri- 
day, the 80th ult., was conducted by Mr. Moody. It was, 
as usual, densely crowded. The subject was 'Assurance,' 
and he showed from many Scriptures that it is the privi- 
lege of the child of God to know that he is passed from 
death unto life, that he hath eternal life abiding in him. 

"At the exhibition service on Sunday, November 1st, 
the crowds were enormous. A most solemn stillness 
pervaded that vast audience of some ten thousand souls 
as the preacher gave a connected and most graphic ac- 
count of the history of our blessed Lord from the hour 
of his betrayal by Judas to his resurrection and ascen- 



DUBLIN. 227, 

sion to the Father's right hand. And he dwelt forcibly 
on the fact that Christians do not worship a dead, but a 
living, Christ, one who ever liveth to make intercession 
for sinners. 

" On Thursday and Friday, at the Bible-reading, Mr. 
Moody spoke upon the person, work, and offices of the 
Holy Ghost. He strongly urged the necessity of the 
Spirits anointing for service for Christ as well as for con- 
version, which should be sought for by continual prayer. 

"But we are sadly reminded that Messrs. Moody and 
Sankey can not stay always with us; like the Master 
whom they serve, they must visit other cities also — Liv- 
erpool, Manchester, etc., and London. If my words could 
reach the ministers — especially those of the sister Church 
of England — laboring in those great cities, I w^ould ear- 
nestly bespeak for our American brethren a kindly re- 
ception at their hands. I would say, 'Lay aside all prej- 
udice as unjust and unwarranted. Receive them cordi- 
ally. Trust them. Help them with your prayers and 
hearty co-operation. They are men of Grod. The Spir- 
it of God rests upon them. The love of God animates 
them. They go to help you, and not to hinder you, in 
your work; not to make proselytes to any sect or de- 
nomination, but to gather in souls to Christ.'" 

ROMAN" CATHOLICS. 

"Our Roman Catholic brethren, as a rule, have acted 
a noble part. They have been respectful ; and, to a cer- 
tain extent, sympathizing. In this week's number of the 
Nation — an organ at once of national (as it is called) and 
ultramontane principles — an article has appeared, en- 
titled ' Fair Play 1' which is exceedingly creditable, and 



228 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

which indicates the advent of a new day in Ireland. The 
editor informs his constituents that ' the deadly danger 
of the age comes upon us from the direction of Huxley 
and Darwin and Tyndall, rather than from Moody and 
Sankey. Irish Catholics desire to see Protestants deep- 
ly imbued with religious feeling, rather than tinged with 
rationalism and infidelity ; and as long as the religious 
services of our Protestant neighbors are honestly direct- 
ed to quickening religious thought in their own body, 
without offering aggressive or intentional insult to us, it 
is our duty to pay the homage of our respect to their 
conscientious convictions; in a word, to do as we would 
he done hyJ (The italics are the NatMs.) It would 
surely be a bright and blessed day for our country, if 
this spirit of mutual respect and toleration were every- 
where honestly acted out among us. Mr. Moody never 
makes controversial reference to others. His success in 
attracting the favorable attention of our brethren of a 
different faith has been unexampled in the history of our 
city. 

"One very marked feature in the movement is the 
number of men that are influenced. Many people have 
remarked the large proportion of them that are inquir- 
ing. 

''A few nights ago an old gentleman, more than sev- 
enty years of age, threw himself down on his knees and 
sobbed like a child. He said, 'I was utterly careless 
about my soul till last night, but I have been so unhap- 
py since, I could not sleep. I seemed to hear ringing in 
my ears, " Jesus of Nazareth is passing by," and if I 
don't get saved now, I never shall be.' 

"Already the influence of this work has begun to tell 



DUBLIK 229 

upon the most remote districts of the country. Parties 
of thirty, fifty, sixty, etc., are being organized from the 
most distant parts to Dublin. Many of these carry back 
with them much blessing. We hear of the young con- 
verts witnessing for Christ fearlessly in the trains on their 
way home from their meetings. 'The Lord hath done 
great things for us, whereof we are glad.' But we expect 
greater things still. The memory of these blessed meet- 
ings in the Metropolitan Hall and the Exhibition build- 
ing will ever be fragrant in our hearts. I do not think 
we had ever such an antepast of heaven." 

GENERAL IMPRESSIONS. 

*'A third week has in no way diminished the attend- 
ance. Instead of lesser numbers, additional seats for 
nearly a thousand have been provided in the Exhibition 
Palace, and even the passages in the Metropolitan Hall 
are now thronged. Once or twice the quietness prevail- 
ing has been slightly broken ; but it is marvelous that 
when so many must stand, and even then perhaps not 
hear, the stillness is so deep. There are some who do 
not miss a meeting; but the evening audience is a very 
shifting one, and the faces are always changing. The 
number who have heard the Gospel at this time must, 
therefore, be enormous. Indeed there are scarcely any 
that one meets who either have not been at the meet- 
ings, or who are not planning to go. In tram cars, om- 
nibuses, railway carriages, the services are a subject of 
universal conversation, and of universal interest. The 
visitors from the country are always on the increase. 
The other day some people in a small Southern country 
town organized an excursion party of thirty, and a sec- 



230 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

ond of sixty has been organized since in the same place* 
Christians come two hundred miles to rejoice and help 
in what is done. A gentleman came seventy miles, 
found the Saviour, went back to his family, and now 
they are all here. 

" Some of the abandoned have stolen in, and many 
drunkards have been brought by their friends. The 
motley character of the evening crowd is striking; ev- 
ery section of the population is represented, even to the 
outcast; and surprises are constantly felt as one and 
another are recognized of the most unlikely to be there. 
Two Eoman Catholic servants noticed, not far from them, 
faces with which they were curiously familiar. The 
men were disguised, but it did not need much penetra- 
tion to discover the two priests who had confessed them. 
The other night a Eoman Catholic clergyman, hymn- 
book in hand, was among the most earnest of the wor- 
shipers. Another, who was asked by one of his peo- 
ple if it were wrong to go, is said to have replied that 
there could be no harm in hearing about Jesus. The re- 
porter of a paper unfriendly to the movement is among 
those whom that movement has carried toward Christ. 
There is not an evening that Roman Catholics as well as 
Protestants have not found their way to the inquiry- 
room. Probably one reason is that there is no denun- 
ciation. Men are not addressed as by their particular 
Church, but as sinners. Roman Catholics are not even 
mentioned by name at the evangelistic service ; and feel- 
ing no hurt, and not having opposition forced upon them, 
those who'go once are pretty sure to return. 

" Here, as elsewhere, several of the hymns sung by 
Mr. Sankey alone have been wonderfully blessed. An 



DUBLIN. 231 

old man of seventy came into the inquirj-room m tears, 
saying he had found no rest since he heard 'Jesus of 
Nazareth passeth by.' A cabman the other evening 
asked that prayer should be offered for himself and his 
comrades. He had heard the first sermon in the Palace, 
and the same hymn had made him .uneasy then, and he 
had been uneasy ever since. 

" The brotherly unity among the ministers is maintain- 
ed unbroken, and a delightful illustration of the breadth 
of this unity among all classes was given at a public 
breakfast this week. Nearly two hundred accepted the 
invitation to meet Mr. Moody and Mr. Sankey; and 
among them were over fifty clergymen, some well-known 
noblemen and military men, and many of the principal 
citizens of Dublin of all professions. Two hours after 
breakfast passed only too quickly in brief addresses from 
representatives of almost every denomination, bearing a 
united testimony to the singular good that had been 
done, and expressing a united resolve to carry on the 
work, after the American brethren had left, in the same 
harmony in which it was begun." 



"The labors of the evangelists closed with a three 
days' convention, which was attended by eight hundred 
ministers from all parts of Ireland, besides thousands of 
the general public. The first day was devoted to discus- 
sions on the following topics: 'Praise and Thanksgiving,' 
'How are the Masses to be reached?' 'What can be 
done to promote the Lord's Work throughout Ireland ?' 
etc. The second day was signalized by a gathering of 
over two thousand converts, to whom Mr. Moody ad- 



232 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

dressed loving counsels, and on the third day there was 
another gathering of the ministers in Exhibition Palace. 
Mutual love and courtesy marked all the proceedings. 
Strangers could not tell to what body of Christians many 
of the speakers belonged. 

"Those who had come dreading that, after all, this 
movement would be like some previous one, and end 
in secession, and the weakening instead of the strength- 
ening of Christians, were re-assured ; and the majority 
of the ministers who had not heard Mr. Moody speak be- 
fore learned something of the power he wields, and were 
forced into the same unity as those who had been fellow- 
laborers from the beginning. Indeed, the condition of 
the meeting was one of the most eager and responsive 
sympathy. Every chord was true, and vibrated at the 
lightest touch. Aged ministers bowed their gray hairs, 
and wept at times with joy. A minister would grasp 
the hand of another he had never seen before, merely 
because he sat beside him. One might sit, at first, with 
a look of wonder and almost contempt, but further on in 
the day his face would quiver with emotion. Many an 
eye glistened with quiet tears. Now for the first time 
in the meetings the excitement would not be controlled, 
but broke out in applause that even the self- recollection 
of some, and the cry of 'Hush!' did not always repress. 
In truth, the atmosphere was electric, though there was 
little cloud in the sky ; and without any sufficient cause 
flashes would break out, soft and swift and pervading as 
summer lightning. At one point during the discussion 
of Ireland, the central subject of the day, and when Mr. 
Sankey, seizing the opportunity with his usual tact, sung 
* Hold the Fort ' alone, and the vast multitude, the min- 



BUBLIK 233 

isters leading, lifted up the chorus in a mighty shout, the 
enthusiasm was overpowering and altogether indescrib- 
able. Such a scene was never witnessed in Ireland be- 
fore, for there had never been such a meeting. It was 
the first time that all these ministers had met on a plat- 
form broader than their churches, gathering close to- 
gether round their common Saviour ; and it is easy to 
see already that the impression on the country is very 
deep. Four of the daily papers devoted long reports to 
the meetings, one of them as much as six columns ; and 
not only is the news thus spread, but even the happy de- 
vice by which the committee gave the clergymen of one 
communion as guests to the members of another, helps 
the fusing and widens the catholicity. It was a time 
that will be always memcJrable in the history of Ireland 
— that many hope will be the starting-point of an Ire- 
land where all things will be new. 



THE WORK IN ENGLAND. 



MANGEESTEB. 



" Through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the dayspring from 
on high hath visited us.'' — Luke i., 78. 

The opening of spring after a long winter is not so 
beautiful and refreshing to the spirit as was the unfold- 
ing of the revival in Manchester. The rapid clothing 
of the earth with spiritual verdure ; the sweet fragrance 
wafted on every breeze from the gardens of the Lord; 
the warmth of Christian love after the protracted season 
of coldness ; the quickening of the graces of the soul, af- 
ter the tedious reign of indifference ; the buds of prom- 
ise that everywhere appeared in the beginning of the 
movement, filled many with hope and joy. The dear 
brethren who came, after walking with God, through so 
many precious awakenings, and moving so long in an at- 
mosphere of holiness, were most cordially received. No 
demonstrations were made to flatter their pride. There 
was nothing in the reception given them like what ordi- 
narily characterizes vast assemblies gathered to receive 
distinguished men. They are certainly distinguished, in 
the strictest and highest sense of the term. They and 
their work are looked upon with wonder by millions 



MANCHESTER. 235 

of the most enlightened of mankind. Bat thej are re- 
ceived quietly and with honors that are given to Another. 
There is the presence of a Power above, inspiring and 
guiding them, that all recognize. The thoughts of many 
go beyond the guests to Him who sent them. Their hearts 
are full of praise, but it is rendered unto Him who hath 
loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own pre- 
cious blood. A mighty enthusiasm is quickly kindled, 
but it flows toward Grod and the Lamb. 

We have seen dissolving views, where the central pic- 
-ture seemed almost lost in the surrounding halo and ex- 
quisite coloring. So here the human forms are but 
faintly delineated amidst the divine radiance. 

The prevailing feeling is, that God is all and in all. 
Even with the eye upon the favored men, the impulse 
of the heart is to " praise Grod, from whom all blessings 
flow." What a pleasing contrast in such assemblies to 
those gathered simply to do honor to the so-called great of 
this world ! How much more elevating and stirring are 
these 1 Here we have not only earth but heaven. Here 
there is a mingling of emotions and thoughts with those 
of the "General Assembly and Church of the first-born " 
above. Angels hover over and encamp around the 
throngs, and minister to the saints. In these welcome 
meetings there is more of heaven than earth. Jesus has 
called them. They constitute a part of his plans. They 
are for his purposes. They are a means, and not simply 
an end. They are signs of the times. Wise and pru- 
dent are they who discern the signs ! The church be- 
lieves in a " Second Coming." From this great religious 
movement we hear the voice of Jesus saying to us, 
" Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the 



236 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

hour wherein the Son of Man cometh." ..." What I say 
unto you I say unto all. Watch." 

However various the theories of true Christians in re- 
gard to Christ's second coming, one thing is clear : We 
are under the most solemn obligations to watch and pray. 
And as this great awakening widens and deepens, these 
obligations become more pressing. Manchester now 
sends forth her appeals to all Christendom. 

PREPARATIONS. 

"During the whole of last week the General Com- 
mittee was busy making preparations for the arrival of 
Messrs. Moody and Sankey. The Oxford Hall was got 
in readiness, and various committees were appointed to 
the details necessary in beginning an entirely new move- 
ment; a spirit of devout earnestness and activity has 
characterized all workers. The numbers attending the 
noon praj^er-meeting greatly increased, and the prayers 
were generally marked by an earnestness and direct- 
ness which indicated that a divine power pervaded all 
hearts. Perhaps one of the most noteworthy features 
from the beginning has been, that not only in the prayer- 
meeting, but also in all the committee-meetings, there has 
not been one denominational jar. We have been too 
much in earnest about our own spiritual life and the 
progress of Christ's kingdom, to think of minor differ- 
ences. There could be no better proof of the great 
amount of preparation made for the movement than the 
eagerness with which tickets were asked for all the 
meetings. Such was the demand for admission to the 
united communion, that it was found necessary to pro- 
cure the use of Eoby Chapel in addition to the Wesley- 



MA NCEESTER. 237 

an Chapel, Oldham Eoad. The object of the committee 
in arranging for the united communion was, if possible, 
to give depth and calmness to the movement at its very 
commencement; and it was felt by all that nothing 
could more surely accomplish it, than doing this in re- 
membrance of Christ. The two chapels selected have 
for many years been centres of most blessed influences. 
Hallowed memories cling to them. 

"At the besrinnins^ we desire to offer a few susfsrestions 
which seem to us important, as tending to secure the ef- 
fects desired. While the conduct of the work is safe in 
the hands of our brethren, they depend much on the 
spirit of their helpers and of the Christian public. We 
venture to address our remarks especially to these. 
And we would earnestly beg that it be kept in mind, 
as of prime moment, that the heart and living centre of 
the whole movement is in the daily prayer- meeting. If 
we think that the work is man's, the prayer-meeting is 
useless. If we believe it to be God's, we must also be- 
lieve that the prayer-meeting is all-important. Its effi- 
ciency will measure the success of the whole movement. 
It is the furnace from which the warmed air will carry 
genial warmth through it all. It is the great reservoir 
of power, which will be distributed by shafts and belting 
over the whole machinery. Weakness or failure there 
is weakness or failure everywhere. We trust, then, that 
from the very first that meeting will be regarded as the 
focus of the whole. And we trust that those who take 
part in it will remember that brevity and definiteness 
are signs of true desire; and that the hotter the iron, 
the less it crackles — the more deep and all-pervading our 
fervor, the less tumultuous its expression." 



238 THE WORK OF GOD IN GEE AT BRITAIN. 

THE FIRST WEEK. 

"Our dear brethren have come among us in dark, win- 
try weather, but there has been no gloom or coldness in 
any of their meetings, nor have rain or fog diminished 
the crowds that flocked to hear them. They have evi- 
dently come ' in the fullness of the blessing of the Gos- 
pel of Christ,' and they have found awaiting them, to all 
appearance, 'a people prepared for the Lord.' 

"The first week of the meetings has been full of good 
omen. The work of God for which we have so long- 
prayed and waited has opened with power. God is bend- 
ing in blessing over the city. An awakening and reviv- 
ing breath from heaven has for some time been felt on 
the face of the churches. For months past strong sup- 
plication has gone up to the throne from the noon and 
other prayer-meetings in various parts of the city ; and 
the churches have been gradually drawing closer togeth- 
er under the influence of the hope of revival. This spir- 
it of union found delightful expression in the commun- 
ion services held in two central chapels last Saturday 
week. Over two thousand members from many church- 
es gathered around the Lord's table, to enjoy a hallowed 
season of fellowship with each other and with the Head 
of the Church. The heartfelt greetings between breth- 
ren of different denominations told how truly the bond 
of union in Jesus was felt, and how really the Church of 
Christ was one, though varied in its outward aspect to 
the world. * 

" On Sunday week, notwithstanding the drenching 
rain, the Oxford Hall was filled with Christian workers 
at eight o'clock in the morning, and hundreds were un- 



MA'NCHESTER. 239 

able to gain admission. Mr. Moody delivered an inspir- 
ing address on 'Courage, Perseverance, and Love,' as the 
three requisites of all workers for God. 'All the men 
whom God used in Scripture times were courageous men. 
God could not use a man destitute of courage. When 
Elijah fell into despondency under the juniper-tree, God 
had to find another man ; Noah, worked for one hundred 
and twenty years without seeing results, and yet never 
got discouraged. We are to be sure God calls us to the 
work. When Moses went out to deliver his brethren be- 
fore God sent him, "he looked this way and that way;" 
but a man whom God has sent never needs to look over 
his shoulder; straightforward is the word for him.' 
Sharp, graphic, clinging utterances like these sparkled 
out all over his animating address, which was followed 
up by Mr. Sankey singing, ' Here am I ; send me.' 

" The afternoon meetings were still more remarkable. 
The incessant rain had not abated,- yet the overflow, 
after the filling of the Oxford Hall, crowded the Free- 
Trade Hall, where the service was carried on by various 
ministers till the American brethren arrived from the 
other gathering. Mr. Moody's bright and practical ex- 
position of ' the Gospel ' was listened to with lively at- 
tention. A mighty interest was gathering, which broke 
forth with wonderful power on the following evening. 
That Monday evening meeting in the Free Trade Hall 
will live long in the memories of those who witnessed it. 
None could withstand the conviction that the Spirit of 
God was operating in the solemnized assembly as they 
beheld, under the influence that swayed the meeting 
during Mr. Moody's appeals, business men, one after 
another, rising to be prayed for. The address had been 



240 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

growing in earnestness ; the speaker seemed to come 
into contact with the souls of the people before him. 
He requested any who wished to be prayed for to rise. 
He quietly repeated the invitation. One was seen to 
stand in the left-hand gallery and cover his face with his 
hands ; another in the area. Mr. Moody said solemnly, 
'There is one risen; thank Grod for that! Another; 
and another. Christians, keep on praying. Another! 
Jesus is passing by. You may never have such an op- 
portunity again. You may never again have so rhany 
Christians prajnng for you.' Before many minutes 
people were standing in all parts of the hall, amidst deep 
silence, broken only by a hushed response at each new 
appeal for continued prayer. At the close of the meet- 
ing the anxious ones were invited into the inquiry- 
rooms, where Mr. Moody conversed with them individ- 
ually. He said afterward that it was the best meeting 
he had known on the second day of a series. The 
crowds unable to obtain access to the Free Trade Hall 
filled the Oxford Hall, where a solemn service was con- 
ducted by the Eev. W. R Murray. Mr. Sankey came 
from the larger gathering to speak a few words, and to 
sing ' Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.' 

"The evenings of T'uesday, Wednesday, and Thurs- 
day were devoted to meetings for men in the Oxford 
Hall. Being obliged to attend the other meetings, the 
writer was present only on the latter occasion. The 
clear exposition of God's way of salvation by faith, and 
not by works, illustrated and enforced by an admirable 
and telling use of Scripture and by graphic and pathet- 
ic story, wonderfully moved the great throng of men. 
Many shook with uncontrollable emotion, and much oc- 



MANCHESTER. 2il 

casion for deliglitful labor was found in the inquiry- 
room. A man v/itli whom the writer conversed rose 
from his knees, where he had committed 'his whole 
self to Christ, and said, 'I came from Bolton to-day. 
'I did not think I should find Christ.' A brother minis- 
ter brought up another young convert. It was this 
man's nephew who had just found peace. The two 
greeted each other with joyful surprise. 

'Afternoon meetings for women have been held in the 
Kev. A. M'Laren's chapel, Oxford Road. It is strange 
to observe them thronging the road on their way to the 
chapel, and still more strange to see them occupying all 
the available standing-room in the spacious building. 
Not less than two thousand women were present on 
Tuesday afternoon. These meetings, like all the rest, 
increase in power as they proceed, and on Thursday, 
when Mr. Moody entered the lecture hall, he found it 
filled with weeping, kneeling inquirers. Many left with 
the joy of pardon on their spirits. 

"The noon prayer- meeting has, with one exception, 
been held in the Free Trade Hall, with an attendance 
of from two to three thousand. In these meetings may 
be found the soul of the movement. It is the daily 
united cry to God which brings upon the city the power 
of the Holy Spirit for conviction and conversion. On 
Thursday, dealing with the objection that this work is 
not of God, Mr. Moody said, ' What do these noon 
prayer-meetings mean? What do men come here by 
hundreds, I might say by thousands, to pray for? A 
genuine work of God. And will he give us a counter- 
feit? If we ask bread, will he give us a stone? The 
Shunammite fell at the feet of Elisha, and said, 'As the 

11 



242 THE WOEK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Lord tbj God liveth I will not leave thee." She was 
not going to trust in that old staff, nor in the servant. 
She would trust only in the master; and well it was for 
her, or she would never have got back her child. And 
the prayer-meeting clings to the feet of God. We will 
not have the staff; we will not trust in the servants, but 
only in the Master himself; he can and will raise the 
dead.' In this conviction we unfalteringly concur. 
The voice of the Son of God is being heard, and they 
that hear it live. In his majesty Christ is saying, 'I 
am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in 
me, though he were dead, yet shall he live ;' and the 
spiritual resurrection we are persuaded will go on till 
there is marshaled for God an exceeding great army of 
the living." 

MANCHESTER ON FIRE. 

"Manchester, I rejoice to say, is now on fire. The 
most difficult of all English cities, perhaps, to be set on 
fire by any thing but politics is now fairly ablaze, and the 
flames are breaking out in all directions. 

"Yesterday (December 6th) the Free Trade Hall, with- 
in whose walls scenes of no common interest and excite- 
ment have often been witnessed, presented a spectacle 
such as those who beheld it will not easily forget. The 
Eev. Dr. M'Kerrow, my venerable predecessor in the 
ministry, assured me that he had seen no such sight, 
even in the most excited political times, during the for- 
ty-seven years of his life in Manchester, as that which 
he saw there on Sunday afternoon. 

" The building was densely crowded. Not an inch of 
standing-room was unoccupied. Long before the ap- 



MANCHESTER, 243 

pointed hour hundreds found it impossible to gain ad- 
mission. And Mr. Moody — in what terms shall I de- 
scribe his address? Theological critics might have said 
there was nothing in it; but only eternity will reveal 
how much there came out of it. I should not be sur- 
prised if hundreds of conversions should result from that 
single mighty appeal. Taking for his text the first ques- 
tion addressed to them, ' Where art thou ?' he brought 
it home to the bosom of every hearer with a power and 
pathos that were simply irresistible. Having referred to 
the case of a young man who had cried out in the in- 
quiry-room on Friday night, 'Oh, mother, I am com- 
ing !' the 3^oung man himself sprang to his feet, and ex- 
claimed, in tones of impassioned earnestness, 'That was 
me!' The effect was electrical. Not an eye but was 
suffused with tears. The whole vast assembly was im- 
pressed with a profound sense of the presence and power 
of the Holy Ghost. 

" The meeting for young men in the evening was equal- 
ly wonderful, no fewer than seventy-one having remain- 
ed behind as anxious inquirers, not a few of whom went 
home rejoicing in the peace of God that passeth under- 
standing. 

"There is only one sentiment, I feel convinced, in the 
hearts of all God's children in this vast community in 
regard to this great work, and that is, a sentiment of de- 
vout thankfulness to our Heavenly Father that he has 
sent among us two such men, full of faith and power, 
and yet eminent for humility and lowliness of mind. 
'The Lord hath done great things for ns, whereof we 
are glad.' 

Deceraber2d. — " The meetings of that memorable Lord's 



244 THE WORK OF GOD IN GEE AT BRITAIN. 

day gave a tone of solemnity and a character of power 
to all the meetings of the week. The tide rose steadily, 
day by day, until it became full, overflowing the bank in 
all directions — a very spring-tide of blessing; and only 
eternity will reveal how many immortals are now launch- 
ing out upon its waters in the bark of a simple trust in 
the Son of God. 

"The evenings of Monday and Tuesday in the Free 
Trade Hall will long be reniembered by the thousands 
who were present. Mr. Moody delivered his famous dis- 
courses on Heaven. Much as we have read and heard 
of the fervor and unction that characterize them, we 
were not prepared to find these apostolic qualities in so 
superlative a degree as that which marked them on this 
occasion. The second was especially interesting and de- 
lightful, treating as it did of the society and the treasure 
of heaven ; and the contrast drawn by the preacher be- 
tween these and the treasures and society of this world 
seemed to strike the minds of the vast audience with 
all the force of a revelation, constraining many a heart, 
doubtless, to resolve to seek henceforward 'the things 
that are above.' The appeal wdth which it closed, for 
power and pathos, exceeded, in our judgment, any thing 
that he himself has uttered. 

"And then the discourse on Hell, on the evening of 
Wednesday, coming as it did immediately after the ad- 
dresses on Heaven, was certainly one of the most solemn 
and impressive utterances that have been heard within 
those w^alls. Every eye was riveted on the speaker. 
The projected shadow of the great white throne seemed 
to fall and rest upon every countenance. Even the fer- 
vent exclamations in which some of our friends indulge 



MANCHESTER. 245 

at religious meetings, and winch had been just a little too 
fervent the night previous, were hushed, and scarcely a 
sound broke the awful stillness with which for nearly an 
hour the people listened to the oft-repeated charge, like 
so many claps of thunder, 'Son, remember!' In by- 
gone revivals such heart- smiting, conscience -stirring, 
soul-firing words as those which poured from the preach- 
er's lips would have caused hundreds to start to their 
feet, and cry out with frenzy, 'God be merciful to me a 
sinner!' But, in harmony with the prevailing character 
of this awakening, the conviction of sin produced on that 
occasion seemed to be too deep and too sacred to find 
expression in mere excited exclamations or physical 
prostrations, and were known only to Him who seeth in 
secret! God was in the midst of us, of a truth. The 
Holy Spirit came, as of old, with the force as of a rush- 
ing mighty wind, and filled all the place where we were 
sitting. The powers of the world to come were brought 
nigh to every conscience in a manner never to be forgot- 
ten. We seemed to be looking across the gulf that di- 
vides time from eternity, and beholding the torments of 
the self destroyed victims of a broken law and a rejected 
Gospel. No wonder that the inquiry-room was full that 
night of inquirers of the most anxious description, and 
that the after- meeting, over which we presided, was larger 
and more earnest than any that had yet taken place. 
Doubtless the heavens blossomed into song overhead, 
and the angels of God rejoiced over many souls turning 
unto the living God ! 

"On Thursday, Mr. Moody was, for the first time, ab- 
sent, having gone to London to visit his friends. The 
noon prayer-meeting was uncommonly well attended, 



246 THE WORK OF GOD IN GEE AT BRITAIN. 

considering the murky atmosphere which wrapped our 
city ; but we missed the ringing voice and hearty appeals 
of our friend. In the evening a very large audience as- 
sembled in the Oxford Hall, to hear addresses from the 
Eev. W. H. Aitken, M. A., and the Kev. Alex. M Auley, 
of Liverpool, both of whom spoke in such a manner as 
to hold their hearers spell-bound for upward of an hour. 
On Friday, Mr. Moody returned, and in the afternoon 
gave the second of his deeply-interesting and most in- 
structive Bible-readings, which have been so highly ap- 
preciated wherever he has been. The subject was 'Con- 
fessing Christ.' Passage after passage of Scripture was 
quoted and illustrated, all bearing directly upon this pri- 
mordial duty, until one felt that by no possibility could 
a single undecided hearer present justify, on Scriptural 
grounds at least, his remaining in an undecided state for 
another hour longer. 

"On the evening of this day, despite the inclemency 
of the weather, the Free Trade Hall was again crowded 
with an audience composed of persons on whose faces one 
could easily read their preparedness to hear the word of 
the Lord. Taking for his subject the parable of the 
marriage-feast, the preacher dealt with the excuses com- 
monly urged by those who, in reality, 'will not come 
to Christ that they may have life.' One excuse after 
another was considered, and shown to be a refuge of lies, 
to be swept away hereafter, if not here, by the storm of 
God's righteous judgments. The word of the Lord in 
the hand of the evangelist was as a two-edged sword, 
piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and 
of the joints and marrow, and proving a discerner of the 
thoughts and intents of the heart. A more searching 



MANQHESTES. 247 

analysis of the state of a human soul in vain seeking to 
excuse itself from accepting the invitation of the King 
of Heaven, and coming to the Gospel feast, it has never 
been our fortune to hear. The thought and the prayer 
were uppermost in our mind, ' Every refuge of man's 
invention has been exposed and demolished. Oh, that 
sinners may now flee for refuge to the hope set before 
them !' God be thanked, many did flee to that hope on 
Friday night !" 

THIRD WEEK. 

"The religious movement in Manchester is making 
wonderful progress. The meetings are more crowded 
than ever, and most fruitful in the salvation of many 
souls. 

" The movement originated by Mr. Eadcliffe, of Liver- 
pool, for the house-to-house visitation of the whole of 
Manchester and Salford has been heartily taken up, and 
is likely to be productive of great results. Cards have 
been printed, with a short appeal written by Mr. Moody 
on the one side, and that beautiful hjmm, to which so 
many owe their conversion, 'Jesus of Nazareth passeth 
by,' printed on the other side. 

"The main idea of this work is not so much to get the 
people out to the evangelistic meetings, as to carry the 
Gospel into every house. Those undertaking the work 
are sent out two by two, and are exhorted to begin their 
work by prayer, and carry it on in prayer and faith." 

The American Messenger says : " It may be that to some 
quiet, sedate, phlegmatic Christians the craving desire ut- 
tered by Mr. Moody on leaving America 'for ten thou- 
sand souls for Jesus,' savored of enthusiasm if not of 



248 TEE WORE OF GOD IE GREAT BRITAIE. 

presumption. It was an inspiring motive that impelled 
liim to the attempt. It was an ambition worthy of an 
apostle. And now in the retrospect of those eventful 
months during whicli he and his associate, Mr. Sankej, 
have prayed atid sung and spoken throughout Britain 
for the one great and single end of bringing souls to 
Christ, it no longer seems a daring or reprehensible im- 
pulse that led him to the consecration of his earnest pow- 
ers to such a heavenly purpose. No one looking at the 
progress and results of these continued labors can doubt 
that they have been divinely inspired and directed. No 
human foresight could have anticipated or worldly wis- 
dom secured them. And no one more than the simple- 
minded instrument whom God has so highly honored 
has more deeply felt the need, or more constantly sought 
the special baptism, of the Holy Spirit for the special 
service to which be was so evidently called." 

At the noonday meeting, held on Monday in the Free 
Trade Hall, Mr. Moody made some observations on 
Praise. He read passages from some of the Psalms 
where the exhortation " Praise jq the Lord " often oc- 
curs, and he urged the importance of praise if we would 
obtain a full blessing. 

Rev. Mr. M'Grregor mentioned the case of an old gen- 
tleman seventy years of age, who had been seeking Christ 
for thirteen years. He had come a far journey in order 
to be present at these meetings. Still he could not find 
peace. Last Friday evening, as Mr. Sankey was singing 
"The Ninety and Nine," the light burst in upon his 
soul: "That's me; Jesus has been seeking me all these 
years, wandering upon the mountains." He accepted 
salvation there and then, and found peace in believing. 



MANCHESTEB. 24:9 

The case of a lady was also mentioned, who bad been 
given over to the world, wbo bad come to these meet- 
ings simply from a feeling of curiosity. But the Lord 
arrested her, showed her herself and showed her himself, 
a Saviour mighty to save. She went forth from this hall 
last Friday nigbt full of great joy. "Going along Ox- 
ford Street," she says, "I could not refrain from singing 
aloud for joy." 

A minister from York testified to the work going on 
there. His chapel was the first in which Mr. Moody had 
preached, after bis arrival, sixteen months ago. Tbat 
very night a number of persons came into the vestry, 
anxious about their souls. Tbe work did not stop when 
they left. No! it has been increasing and spreading 
ever since. Tbere have been meetings all over the 
town, all that time; and many have been led to a sav- 
ing knowledge of Jesus Christ. 

Several gentlemen engaged in prayer. 

THE RESCUE OF THE LAMB. 

Mr. Daniels, from Glasgow, said: "Some one in tbe 
Glasgow meetings told a story which touched me very 
much. Away in the north on the sea-coast, a sheep and 
her lamb bad wandered under a clifP, nibbling away at 
the green grass growing at the foot. Soon the tide be- 
gan to come in, the water in a short time surrounded 
them, creeping up nearer and nearer, and ere long they 
must have been drowned. But the shepherd saw their 
danger, and, hastening away to get a strong rope and 
some men to help him, tied the rope firmly round his 
body, and made them lower him over the brink of that 
cliff. Down he went, nearer and nearer to the poor lost 



250 THE WOMK OF GOD IN GEE AT BRIT AW. 

sheep. At last he managed to get a firm hold of the 
mother. His friends quickly pulled him up with it to 
the fop of the cliff. 'Now,' he said, 'I must go down 
for the lamb.' The}^ all cried out, ' Oh, never mind the 
lamb.' 'It's only a lamb.' His reply was, 'I must save 
the lamb.' And away down he went once more. The 
water had nearly reached and overwhelmed the little 
creature ; but with a vigorous grasp he clasped it in his 
arms, and bore it aloft to his friends in triumph. And 
what joy there was among them at the successful rescue! 

"Dear friends, was not that a picture of the loving 
eagerness of Christ to seek and save the lost sheep and 
lambs, and rescue them from ruin? Alas! how many 
people practically underestimate the importance of care- 
fully looking after the welfare of the lambs! But this 
was not the way of Christ, who lovingly said, ' Suffer lit- 
tle children to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for 
of such is the kingdom of God.' And again, Christ's 
final injunction to Peter w^as, 'Feed my lambs;' and in 
prophecy we are told of him, ' He shall lead his flock like 
a shepherd, and carry the lambs in his bosom.' I am 
looking for the conversion of children here." 

Mr. Eeginald Eadcliflfe said : "Are you aware we need 
a thousand Christians to enter every house in Manches- 
ter? We have got some of Mr. Sankey's hymns, and a 
short appeal written by Mr. Moody. These are now be- 
ing printed on little slips; they will be ready to-morrow 
morning. Now, who will go out to scatter them broad- 
cast over the city? We want to have five hundred 
Christian men and five hundred Christian women to come 
forward to undertake this work. To-morrow, at four 
o'clock, at the close of the Bible-reading, we will be pre- 



IfANCHESTEB. 251 

pared with some of these, and also lists of the districts to 
be visited. We mean to send out the visitors two and 
two, brother with brother, and sister with sister; and to 
allot to each couple a small district to visit. 

''It is desirable that this work be done at once, that 
these appeals should be all out this week, because our 
American brothers will soon have to leave us ; their time 
is short, other places are calling for them, and the}^ must 
be going. I am sure we have all enjoyed their visit so 
much, we could wish for it a second time. But now, to 
make the most of their stay here, w^e w^ant this work done 
at once; not only for the sake of leaving these cards in 
every house in Manchester, but also that at the same time 
a loving word may be spoken to souls, and that every- 
where Christ may be preached. If they will not or can 
not come to these meetings to hear the Gospel, let us go 
to them full of love for souls. 

''Let us remember that there are thousands in Man- 
chester who could not possibly, no matter how willing 
they are, come to these meetings at the Free Trade Hall. 
Helpless, sick, or attending the sick, or from business or 
other causes, they are hindered from coming here. But 
we can and we must go to them, and preach the Gospel, 
God's perfect gift of salvation. Oh, how 3^ou will feel 
the enjoyment, the pleasure of this work ! Even while I 
am talking to j^ou, I am praying, T am asking the Lord 
that he would come into your hearts, that he may in- 
cline 3^our hearts to the work. Oh that we may learn to 
love the work of God, and go out among our fellow-citi- 
zens for his name's sake — pleading with them, in the 
name of Jesus, to come to him! Truly the harvest is 
plenteous, but the laborers are few." 



252 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN, 

When closing the meeting, Mr. Moody observed that 
he must arrange for some meetings for children, as the re- 
marks that had fallen from his young friend, Mr. Daniels, 
had quite stirred him up. 

At the afternoon meeting, Mr. Moody delivered his 
noted Bible lecture, to an immense audience, on the 
" Holy Ghost," showing that the Holy Spirit is a real 
person, and not a mere influence; and that his work is 
to comfort, to give liberty, to testify of Christ, to teach, 
particularly teaching us how to pray, and filling us with 
love and power. In conclusion, he asked that all in 
that assembly who felt their need of the Spirit, and wish- 
ed to have a new baptism of the Holy Ghost, should 
stand up. It was a solemn sight, such as is seldom wit- 
nessed, when at least two-thirds of the entire audience 
stood up, including all the ministers on the platform. 
After a few minutes spent in silent prayer, Mr. Moody 
poured out his supplication to God for the gift of the 
Holy Ghost on behalf of himself and all present. 

At the noon-day meeting on Wednesday, held in the 
Free Trade Hall, Mr. Moody made some remarks on the 
opening verses of the fifty-fifth chapter of Isaiah. One of 
the first and greatest needs of man everywhere is water. 
Here we have it freely and fully offered. " Ho, every 
one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that 
hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy 
wine and milk without money and without price." How 
freely! Ah! some won't have it, just because it is so 
free. What would we think of a man perishing on the 
wayside from thirst, when water was offered and no 
money asked for it, if the dying man were to refuse it? 
" No, I won't have it — I can't pay for it." You would 



MANCHESTER. 253 

say he was beside himself. Are we not mad if we refuse 
this free gift — salvation — because we can not pay for it? 

Mr. Beith said : " My heart has been warmed with a 
great joy in these meetings when I see the anxiety 
among Grod's own people for more of his Spirit. And 
when I see the many who have . been shaken in their 
sleep roused to a sense of their lost, perishing condition, 
and have been compelled to come forward crying out, 
'What must I do to be saved?' It is not confined to one 
class or condition. We have in the inquiry-room old 
gray-haired men, young men and women, and, blessed 
be God ! we have also children. Let me tell you one 
case of a little girl, who, after attending one of these 
meetings, went home in great distress of mind, seeking 
peace, and desiring to be directed the way Zionward. 
She was askinsr, ' Will Jesus take me into his arms?' 
This morning slie is enjoying the peace, the love she 
was so longing for, and is now 'safe in the arms of Jesus.' 
He is waiting here to-day for you; he is stretching forth 
his loving arms. Won't you just rest yourself on him? 
Let his arms encircle you, and the world with its snares 
and dangers will have no more terrors for you." 

Rev. Dr. Garrett (Episcopalian) then engaged in a fer- 
vent prayer that the Lord would visit Manchester with 
mighty converting power, and that he would shake it to 
its very foundations, and bring thousands to himself 

MR. MOODY ON DANIEL. 

The subject of Mr. Moody's address was "Daniel." 
One might converse for an hour with Mr. Moody with- 
out discovering from his accent that he was from the 
United States. But it is unmistakable when he preaches, 



254 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

and especially in tlie colloquies supposed to have taken 
place between characters in the Bible and elsewhere. He 
began his discourse this morning without other preface 
than a half apology for selecting a subject which, it might 
be supposed, every body knew every thing about. But, 
for his part, he liked to take out and look upon the pho- 
tographs of old friends when they were far away, and he 
hoped that his hearers would not think it waste of time 
to take another look at the picture of Daniel. There 
was one peculiarity about Daniel, and that was that there 
Vv^as nothing against his character to be found all through 
the Bible. Nowadays, when men write biographies, 
they throw what they call the veil of charity over the 
dark spots in a career. But when God writes a man's 
life, he puts it all in. So it happened that we find very 
few, even of the best men in the Bible, without their 
times of sin. But Daniel came out spotless, and the 
preacher attributed his exceptionally bright life to the 
power of saying " No." 

After this exordium Mr. Moody proceeded to tell in 
his own words the story of the life of Daniel. Listening 
to him, it was not difficult to comprehend the secret of 
his great power over the masses. Like Bunyan, he has 
the great gift of being able to realize things unseen, and 
to describe his vision in familiar language to those whom 
he addresses. I am afraid his notion of " Babylon, that 
great city," would barely stand the test of historic search. 
But that there really was in far-off days a great city call- 
ed Babylon, in which men bustled about, ate and drank, 
schemed and plotted, and were finally overruled by the 
visible hand of God, he made as clear to the listening 
congregation as if he were talking about Chicago. He 



IIANCHESTEB. 255 

filled the lay figures with life, clothed them with garments, 
and then made them talk to each other in the English 
language, as it is to-day accented in some of the Ameri- 
can States. 

The story of Daniel is one peculiarly susceptible of 
Mr. Moody's usual method of treatment, and for three- 
quarters of an hour he kept the congregation enthralled 
while he told how Daniel's simple faith triumphed over 
the machinations of the unbeliever. Mr. Moody's style 
is unlike that of most religious revivalists. He neither 
shouts nor gesticulates, and mentioned " hell " only once, 
and that was in connection with the life the drunkard 
makes for himself His manner is reflected by the con- 
gregation, in respect of abstention from working them- 
selves up into "a state." But this makes all the more 
impressive the signs of genuine emotion which follow 
and accompany the preacher's utterance. When he w\as 
picturing the scene of Daniel translating the King's 
dream, rapidly repeating Daniel's account of the dream, 
and Nebuchadnezzar's quick and delighted ejaculation, 
"That's so!" "That's it!" as he recognized the incidents, 
I fancy it was not without difficulty some of the people, 
bending forward, and listening with glistening eye and 
heightened color, refrained from clapping their hands 
for glee that the faithful Daniel, the unyielding servant 
of God, had triumphed over tribulation, and had walked 
out of prison to take his place on the right hand of the 
king. There was not much exhortation throughout the 
discourse, and not the slightest reference to any disputed 
point of doctrine. The discourse was nothing more than 
a retelling of the story of Daniel. But while Nebuchad- 
nezzar, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Darius, 



256 ' TEE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

and even the one hundred and twenty princes, became 
for the congregation living and moving beings, all the 
ends of the narrative were, with probably unconscious, 
certainly unbetrayed art, gathered together to lead up 
to the one lesson, that compromise, where truth and re- 
ligion are concerned, is never worthy of those who pro- 
fess to believe Grod's word. 

"I am sick of the shams of the present day," said Mr. 
Moody, bringing his discourse to a sudden close. "I 
am tired of the way men parley with the world while 
they are holding out their hands to be lifted into heaven. 
If we are going to be good Christians and God's people, 
let us be so out and out." 

Last night I heard him deliver an address in one of 
the densely populated districts of Salford. Admission 
to the chapel in which the service was held was exclu- 
sively confined to women, and, notwithstanding it was 
Saturday night, there were at least a thousand sober- 
looking and respectably -dressed women present. The 
subject of the discussion was Christ's conversation with 
Nicodemus, whose social position Mr. Moody incident- 
ally made recognizable by the congregation by observ- 
ing that "if he had lived in these days he would have 
been a doctor of divinity — Nicodemus, D.D,, or perhaps 
LL.D." Ilis purpose was to make it clear that men 
were saved, not by any action of their own, but simply 
by faith. This he illustrated, among other waj^s, by in- 
troducing a domestic scene from the life of the children 
of Israel in the wilderness at the time the brazen serpent 
was lifted up. The dramatis personce were a young con- 
vert, a skeptic, and. the skeptic's mother. The convert, 
who has been bitten by the serpent, and, having follow- 



MANCHESTER. . 257 

ed Moses's injunction, is cured, ""comes along," and finds 
the skeptic lying down, "badly bitten." He entreats him 
to look upon the brazen serpent which Moses has lifted 
up, but the skeptic has no faith in the alleged cure, and 
refuses. "Do you think," he says, "I'm going to be 
saved by looking at a brass serpent away off on a pole ? 
No, no." " Well, I don't know," says the young con- 
vert, "but I was saved that way myself. Don't you 
think you'd better try it?" The skeptic refuses, and his 
mother "comes along," and observes, "Hadn't you bet- 
ter look at it, my boy ?" " Well, mother, the fact is, 
that if I could understand the philosophy of it I would 
look up right off; but I don't see how a brass serpent 
away off on a pole can cure me." And so he dies in his 
unbelief. 

It seemed odd to hear this conversation from the 
wilderness recited, word for word, in the American ver- 
nacular, and with a local coloring full of familiar sugges- 
tions suggestive of the skeptic, the young convert, and 
the mother. But when the preacher turned aside, and in 
a very few words spoke of sons who would not hear the 
counsel of Christian mothers, and refused to "look up 
and live," the silent tears that coursed down many a face 
in the congregation, showed that his homely picture had 
been clear to the eyes before which it was held up. 

HUNDPwEDS OF YOUNG MEN CONVERTED. 

Mr. Henry Drummond, of Edinburgh, the zealous young 
student who has been so eminently blessed in conducting 
Young Men's meetings in Scotland and Ireland, spoke at 
the Manchester Free Trade Hall, on December 16tb, of 
that extraordinary work of grace at Dublin, in which he 



258 TEE WOMK OF OOD IN QBE AT BBITAIX. 

had been taking an active part. He said: "I have to 
tell of the glorious work going on among the young 
men of Dublin. I have just arrived from that city this 
morning, in time to be with you. But, oh ! it is well 
worth while traveling all night long for the sake of be- 
ing in such an earnest, prayerful meeting as you have 
here in Manchester to-day. And with what joy I can 
tell you of the many hundreds of young men in Dublin 
who have yielded themselves to Jesus Christ! I know 
personally large numbers of these converts. I have been 
among them, and I can testify that theirs is no mere 
evanescent feeling, but truly and really conversion of 
the heart. They are not content with personal salvation 
for themselves, but they are striving to win others to 
Christ. The spirit of Christian usefulness is very strong 
in the midst of them. They are all at work for Jesus, 
and for the salvation of poor lost souls. 

" I can not number the young men who within the last 
month have been brought into the glorious liberty with 
which Christ makes us free. Many who have never enter- 
ed the inquiry-room, nor as jQi made an open profession 
of the great change, have nevertheless given the most sat- 
isfactory evidence of their conversion by entering into 
the work of the Lord. We had a meeting on Monday 
night at which, we appointed deputations to go all over 
Ireland to tell what the Lord had done in Dublin, and to 
seek to stir up other places to pray for a like blessing. -. 

" We have had, since Mr. Moody left, as many as twen- 
ty to thirty young men in one night under conviction of 
sin, and seeking pardon and peace. Oh! young men of 
Manchester, the blessing is waiting for you. Will you 
have it? 



MANCHESTER. 259 

" Three hundred miles away from this, I know of 
many fathers, mothers, and sisters who have relations 
here, and oh! they are praying for Manchester. The 
prayers of the whole country are ascending to God for 
you. Will you yourselves seek this blessing? and when 
it has come more fully than even during the past few 
days, will you put your hand to the work ? Let us be 
up and doing, and join in the battle for Christ and the 
promotion of his cause." 

Mr. Drummond's testimony to the continuance of the 
work in Manchester is of the same character as that given 
elsewhere. 

In Belfast the revival movement is deepening. The 
noonday and evening meetings are well sustained. In 
one church alone, Kev. John "White's (author of the " Old 
Book Tested"), one hundred new converts partook of the 
communion on December 6th. Many of the parents 
wept tears of joy at the sight. One young man says 
that, since he was converted, his aged father, his mother, 
his sister, his brother-in-law, have all been brought to 
Christ. A young woman, a Eoman Catholic, states she 
has been saved from double darkness — the darkness of 
Eomanism and the darkness of sin. Whole families are 
converted, and still the work is increasing in power. In 
Dundee a body of young men have united for the pur- 
pose of carrying on the work in that town. Their 
plan is to prepare a breakfast, to which they invite all 
homeless people who can be found in the streets, and, 
after furnishing them with coffee and other resfresh- 
ments, they converse with them in a friendly way about 
their present mode of living, and then endeavor to lead 
them to Christ. Again, it is said that in Belfast a num- 



260 THE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BRITAIN. 

ber of clerks in warehouses and offices — as many as sev- 
enty from a single establishment — have formed them- 
selves into an association, and devoted themselves to the 
work of bringing all their fellow-clerks to a "knowledge 
of Jesus." In Liverpool five thousand pounds have been 
raised for the erection of a temporary edifice, in which 
Messrs. Moody and Sankey may conduct their services 
when they visit that town. This money, like the rest of 
the large sums required to meet the expenses of the tour 
through Great Britain and Ireland, comes from unknown 
hands, at least to the extent that it is privately and quiet- 
ly subscribed, without appeals from the pulpit or the pub- 
lication of lists of donations by the press. 

At these meetings we are struck with the distances 
which brethren come : one good brother was from Lon- 
don, another from Darlington, another from Birmingham, 
another from Bristol. The London brother testified to 
his earnest confidence in Mr. Moody. When asked in 
London what was the secret of Mr. Moody's marvelous 
success, his answer was, "Living in sight of heaven and 
hell." 

FROM AN ARMY OFFICER. 

The following is from a letter addressed to an English 
beneficed clergyman by an officer in the army : 

" You ask me about Messrs. Moody and Sankey. My 
answer is an easy one — I could not have believed it pos- 
sible for any human being to have been of such comfort 
to me. I attended, with my wife, nearly all their even- 
ing services. My military duties did not permit of my 
going to the midday services, but my wife attended many 
of them as well ; and every time I went I was instruct- 



MANCHESTER. 261 

ed, cheered, and streDgthened. It was not man's work ; 
it was the work of the Spirit of God — nothing short of 
it; and did 3^011 but witness the effect of his preaching, 
you would agree with me in this. You would see from 
ten to fifteen thousand people seated for two and a half 
hours on forms without backs or any support, waiting 
for the service to begin, in order to secure good places. 
You would see young and old of all classes — the shoeless 
child, and the grimy mechanic fresh from his labor — 
seated by the rich, and reading from the same hjann- 
book. There were poor outcasts from their sex, who, 
whatever their motive in coming, were with eye and ear 
attentive to him who preached, or him who made ser- 
mons from his simple hymns. Under the power of his 
tuneful voice the intended sneer or lauo^h was chano-ed 
to tearful eyes, indicating that some tender chord in the 
heart had been touched — ministers of all denominations, 
without exception, joining in the worship and praise of 
our common Master; working together, not acting as if 
there were no Saviour outside of their own church for- 
mulas, but as all drawing from the one great fountain. 
My wife herself became an evangelist in her own way, 
by bringing every one she could influence to hear the 
words of life; yet was there no high-flown or ornate 
language, no nicely-rounded periods, no striving after ef- 
fect: it was the simple message preached and sung. By 
all means attend their services. You will be built up 
and strengthened. 

"At one meeting lately eighteen professed to have 
found peace. Oh, to see so many young men bringing 
their friends, and to see the efforts of these young men 
to win souls for Christ! A good number go about dis- 



262 THE WORK OF GOD IN QUE AT BRITAIN, 

tributing tracts, and many have gone to the neighboring 
towns with the good news, ' Repent and be saved.' 

"In one meeting, a boy of fourteen rose to testify what 
the Lord had done for him, how the words, 'Believe 
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,' had 
been blessed to his soul, and he had invited his father to 
come and hear the same glad tidings. He was a poor 
drunkard, and was filled with anxiety, thinking his soul 
would be lost; but comforting words were spoken to 
him, and he went away rejoicing in Christ. Since then 
he has brought many of his old companions with him, 
and they have brought their wives and children. Oh, to 
see the waves of those poor drunkards! how cheerful they 
look now, because their husbands are changed !" 

The writer goes on to say that young boys are now 
making themselves useful by reading the Bible aloud in 
cottages in the evenings, where many assemble and grate- 
fully listen to them. 

VARIOUS INCIDENTS. 

"I have not mentioned the remarkable effect produced 
by Mr. Moody's words on Noah. He said that once, 
when much disheartened himself, and cast down by want 
of success, a friend incidentally directed his attention to 
the character of Noah, asking him if he had ever studied 
it. In compliance with his request that he would, Mr. 
Moody sat down to read the chapters in Genesis, but 
with the conviction that he knew 'all about ISToah.' As 
he read on, however, he became deeply impressed with 
this thought, 'Here was a man who preached for more 
than a hundred years without one conversion except in 
his own family, and if he was not disheartened, I sure- 



MANCHESTER. 263 

\j must not be.' He went to the noon prayer-meeting, 
and found some hundreds of people gathered, and he 
thought, 'Noah never saw this sight I' He heard a 
man behind asking a Christian brother to pray for his 
lost soul, and he thought, 'Noah never heard that;' and 
so he took courage, and resolved never to lose heart 
again." 

The following incident illustrates the power of this 
great revival over the entire community : 

"On Saturday evening, at the Theatre Royal, the enter- 
tainment was in its best features essentially a children's 
pantomime. But at some point described as ' immedi- 
ately before the transformation scene' a 'topical song' 
was introduced, of which the leading actors took a verse 
alternately. It was an imitation of a popular burlesque 
air, ' He's a Fraud.' A Mr. Cook, in performing his part, 
among other local 'hits,' made prominent reference to 
Messrs. Moody and Sankey, beginning, 

' We know that Moody and Sankey 
Are doing some good in their way.' 

The 'hit' created a perfect storm. A part of the au- 
dience cheered, but a large portion, 'especially in the 
dress circle,' hissed, and in other ways manifested strong 
disapprobation. The fellow, exasperated at finding he 
had given offense, again defiantly shouted out the words. 
The displeasure then became so strong and intense, that 
those taking part with him refused to proceed farther, 
and he was obliged to leave the stage. This fact shows 
how the ministry of the two brethren has affected the 
general public. Nothing, surely, needs to be added in 
confirmation of this, when theatre-going people will not 



264 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIK 

suffer them to be made the butt of ridicule or endure 
a disrespectful reference to them. To-day's paper con- 
tains the following: 'We have pleasure in noting that 
the reference to Messrs. Moody and Sankey in Mr. 
Cook's topical song, which gave offense on the production 
of the pantomime on Saturday, was not repeated last 
night.' 

*' Passing from this scene, we would turn to anoth- 
er of a different character. The bishop of the diocese 
we regard as a hard-working, honest, and withal very 
communicative man. He seems to tell us his mind 
about every thing. No sooner has he a thought than 
out it leaps, or a bit of information than he tells us it. 
We all like the bishop. Even those who differ from 
him hold him in esteem and admiration. Before Mr. 
Moody came, he gave us his views, not of Mr. Moody, 
but of the work he is doing. He said plainly he had 
no sympathy with it, and that it is contrary to the gen- 
ius of the Church of England! On several occasions 
he warned us against excitement, and informed us that 
this age does not require emotional ideas and services. 
He exhorted all to adhere to the thoughtful, sober ways 
of our Kational Chui-ch. But he very clearly has, after 
his manner, been observing facts, and allowing them their 
due weight upon his judgment. For, preaching yester- 
day, in a neighboring town, he is reported to have said as 
follow^s: 'It is the Church's duty to continue faithfully 
to deliver her message, although she has greater diffi- 
culties to encounter (than those he had enumerated) in 
the doubtings of modern science, or rather the conjec- 
tures of scientific men, which are not based on actual 
proof Against the utterance of modern philosophers on 



MANCHESTER. 2 Qo 

the Christian religion I place the internal evidences of 
Christianity, and say that when by men's words — the 
words of two men like the evangelists now in Manches- 
ter — by the simple declaration of the truth as it is in Je- 
sus — thousands and tens of thousands are induced to 
come and listen to their message, it does not seem to me 
that Christ's Gospel has no witness in itself and no re- 
sponse in human hearts.' That utterance is worthy of 
Bishop Frazer." 

THE CLOSING WEEK. 

" The closing week has been the most joyful of all. 
The tide of blessing, which has been steadily rising, has 
this week reached its flood; the earnestness of the 
preacher and the eagerness of the people have seemed 
alike to intensify, and the unconverted have been called 
to take refuge in Christ with a vehemence of entreaty 
which has exerted a mighty influence on the assemblies. 
During these five weeks God has answered the prayers 
of many years, and we can not but feel that what has 
been going on in the city has made Manchester a source 
of joy to the dv/ellers in heaven. 

"At nine on Wednesday evening, about two thousand 
men re-assembled in the hall to hear what Mr. Moody 
had to say on the subject of the Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association. Mr. Spencer occupied the chair, and 
gave a brief address, intimating that it was in con- 
templation to buy the Museum for the Young Men's 
Christian Association for thirty thousand pounds. Mr. 
Moody delivered an inspiring address, in which he en- 
larged on the spiritual advantages of the Association, and 
urged the straining of every effort to reach the young 

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266 THE WORE OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

men of Manchester, and to secure the building in ques- 
tion for the association. A collection toward the object, 
made at the close, realized one thousand eight hundred 
pounds; one thousand pounds of which was given, I be- 
lieve, by the chairman. This amount, with what has been 
received before, including five hundred pounds given last 
week by Mr. J. Stuart, makes a total, at present received 
or promised, of eight thousand pounds. 

" On Thursday morning, Mr. Moody addressed a crowd- 
ed meeting in the Higher Broughton Presbyterian 
Church, and then came to the noon prayer- meeting in 
the Oxford Hall, where he read and commented on 
the first part of the 103d Psalm. He said he had to 
bless the Lord for what He had done for him. It had 
been the best year of his life. He had been more used 
by God than in all the seventeen preceding years. He 
did not know of one sermon he had delivered that had 
not been blessed to the conviction or conversion of some 
souls. It was a delightful meeting. Every word uttered 
was set to the tune of 'Bless the Lord, my soul I' 
When one minister rose to say, 'I have to praise God 
for the conversion of the brother of dear friends of mine, 
who have prayed for him twenty -five years; for the con- 
version of the sister and of the servant of another friend ; 
for the salvation of three persons in my own congrega- 
tion ; for the dispelling of the doubts of a young man who 
traveled one hundred and fifty miles to these meetings- 
all which blessings have been given in the course of the 
present week;' when another minister rose to say he 
had never met with so much of Scriptural teaching con- 
cerning the way of salvation, and clear direction of in- 
quirers to Jesus, as in Mr. Moody's addresses ; and an- 



MANCHESTER. 267 

Other to say that the last ten days had been the happiest 
of his life — that he had derived an inspiration from these 
brethren, and had discovered how to preach Christ, and 
enjoy sweet communion with Jesus, feeling like a man 
whose chains were broken — they only uttered what 
many could have indorsed, as a description of the bless- 
ings they themselves had received. 

"Our beloved brethren left in the afternoon for Shef- 
field, whither our prayers follow them. They are to re- 
turn, however, for Friday and Saturday, January 8th and 
9th, and then we hope not only to have a repetition of 
the blessings we have so abundantly received, but to 
hear glad tidings of similar grace bestowed on the neigh- 
boring town." 

RESULTS IN MANCHESTER. 

" Messrs. Moody and Sankey left us, for the present at 
least, on the afternoon of Thursday, the last day of 1874. 
For four weeks, in the darkest, coldest, and dreariest 
season of the year, have these men of God toiled among 
us with an amount of diligence and zeal such as I never 
saw equaled, far less surpassed ; and what has been the 
result? That is the question that shaped itself in my 
mind. A complete answer to it would cover page after 
page of this volume. Only eternity will disclose the 
amount of good that has been done through their in- 
strumentality. To speak figuratively, we have had sum- 
mer in the depth of winter. The Sun of Eighteousness 
has shone forth most brightly and genially, even while 
the material sun has been hidden from view amidst fog 
and darkness. From the lips of hundreds the song might 
have been heard, ' For lo, the winter is past, the rain is 



268 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the 
time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the 
turtle is heard in our land.' 

"In speaking of definite results, so far as these can be 
ascertained, I may be forgiven if I begin with the min- 
isters of Manchester. If one class has been blessed more 
than another during these past four weeks, it has been 
the regular Christian ministry. I am sure I speak the 
sentiments of all my brethren who have thrown them- 
selves heart and soul into the movement, when I say 
that we have received nothing less than a fresh baptism 
of the Holy Ghost. Our own souls have been quicken- 
ed. Our faith in the adaptation of the glorious Gospel of 
the blessed God to the wants and longings of the human 
spirit has been deepened. Our sense of the magnitude 
and responsibility of our offices as Heaven's ambassadors, 
charged with a message of reconciliation and love for 
the guiltiest of the guilty, and the vilest of the vile, has 
been greatly increased. We have had demonstrated to 
us in a way that at once startled and delighted some of 
us, that, after all, the grand levers for raising souls out of 
the fearful pit and the miry clay are just the doctrines 
w^hic.h our so-called advanced thinkers are trying to per- 
suade the Christian world to discard as antiquated and 
impotent. These are — the doctrine of the atoning death 
of Jesus Christ; the doctrine of a living, loving, personal 
Saviour ; and the doctrine of the new birth, by the Spirit 
and the Word of Almighty God. One of our ablest 
ministers, at the noon prayer-meeting on the last day of 
the year, solemnly declared that, whereas the first of these 
cardinal verities had not been fully realized by him be- 
fore the services commenced, he now felt it to be a spring 



MANCEESTEB. ' 269 

of joj and satisfaction to his soul, such as language could 
hardly express. Ajid, then, how shall I speak of the 
gladness that has filled our hearts when we heard, as we 
did almost from day to day, of conversions in our con- 
gregations, of parents rejoicing over sons and daughters 
brought to Jesus, of young men consecrating their man- 
hood and strength to God, and of converts oftering them- 
selves for any department of Christian service? 

" If our dear friend, Mr. Moody, had accomplished noth- 
ing more than the quickening of the ministers of this 
great centre of population, and stirring us up to greater 
devotion to our glorious vocation as 'laborers together 
with God,' his visit would not have been in vain. Give 
us a revived ministry, and we shall soon see a revived 
church. 

"Next to the Christian ministry, I believe the great 
army of Christian workers have shared most largely in 
the blessing. Perhaps the most remarkable, in every re- 
spect, of all the services held hj the evangelists during 
their stay here were those on Sunday mornings in the 
Free Trade Hall. With the exception of one of these 
mornings, the weather was as severe as any we have had 
in this exceptionally severe winter, and yet the vast 
building \vas densely packed, at the early hour of eight, 
with audiences presumably composed of Sunday-school 
teachers, tract-distributors, district visitors, missionaries, 
evangelists, etc., drawn not only from the city and bor- 
ough, but from the whole surrounding district. The 
fruits of these wonderful meetings are already apparent. 
I question if there be a single Christian agency in all 
Manchester that has not been the better for them. From 
that one meeting, as from a great fountain-head, streams 



270 THE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BRIT AIR. 

of blessing have flowed, are flowing still, and, I believe, 
will continue to flow, that will spread life and beauty over 
the whole field of Christian work, such as we have not 
witnessed here before. Teachers went straight from the 
hall, in many instances, to their classes, with their souls 
fired with love for their scholars. Missionaries received 
fresh impetus and courage for their peculiarly difficult 
work of going from door to door, knocking for admit- 
tance in the name of Jesus. Visitors of tract districts 
felt stimulated to greater diligence in the discharge of 
their important duty, as the bearers of those silent moni- 
tors from house to house that have so often brought 
'lisfht into the dwellino^.' Above all, drones felt re- 
buked, and ceased to be drones. Kecruits in large num- 
bers were enlisted in the name of our Lord and King. 
Many who had been languidly sighing out, 'My lean- 
ness, my leanness!' were constrained to cry out, 'My 
laziness, my laziness!' and to add, in all seriousness, 
'Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?' In short, could 
our American brethren repeat these addresses in that 
great hall once every year, they would do for our vari- 
ous Christian organizations what requires to be done 
periodically for the machinery of our mills and factories 
— overhaul them completely, renew and improve much 
of their belting and gearing, and render their operation 
at once more vigorous and more productive. 

"The noon prayer-meeting has also been largely bless- 
ed. Like some old Eastern well, it has been daily visit- 
ed by hundreds, who have refreshed their souls with the 
water of life, and returned to their businesses and their 
homes, feeling that the 'sweet hour of prayer' was the 
sweetest of all the hours of the day. And the requests 



MANCHESTER. 271 

for prayer that have been presented — who shall number 
them ? who shall even classify them ? Above all, who 
shall say what revelations they afforded of the yearning 
solicitude, the agonizing supplications, the impassioned 
cries, that exercise the souls of immortal beings, in every 
relation and condition of life, in this world of distance 
and darkness? Whatever some may think of this novel 
feature in the mode of conducting a prayer-meeting, I 
feel sure, from observation and experience, that it has im- 
parted new life and interest to a much-neglected institu- 
tion. These requests have given reality and intensity to 
the prayers that were offered. They drew out our sym- 
pathies toward our fellow-Christians, in connection with 
trials and wants such as had never entered our minds to 
conceive. They made us feel that 'one touch of na- 
ture makes the whole world kin,' that ' as in water face 
answereth to face, so doth the heart of man,' that we are 
all members of the one family called by the one name 
of Jesus Christ. They did more than that — they gave 
us glimpses of the fullness that is in our Eedeemer, out 
of which so many thousands may draw, 'and grace for 
grace' — 'enough for all, enough for each, enough for 
evermore.' And in hundreds of cases they have not 
been in vain, if we may judge by the fact, so frequently 
brought out at these meetings, that thanksgivings have 
been publicly made for abundant answers to them, some- 
times vouchsafed in very wonderful ways. Parents have 
stood up and given thanks for the conversion of their 
children, and children for the conversion of their parents 
— brothers for the conversion of sisters, and sisters for the 
conversion of brothers — teachers for the conversion of 
their scholars, and ministers for the conversion of some 



272 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

even of tbeir church- members. 'And now, Lord, 
we thank and praise thj glorious name!' 'Praise the 
Lord, Jerusalem ; praise thj God, Zion, for he hath 
' strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy 
children within thee.' " 



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11. 

SHEFFIELD. 

On Thursday, the closing day of the year 1874, Messrs. 
Moody and Sankey arrived in Sheffield from Manches- 
ter. As the clock struck the midnight hour, what a year 
had closed! What a record had its shining moments 
borne to heaven of souls saved and God glorified ! How- 
mighty the wave of influence it had started in endless 
circles! How innumerable the far waving harvests! It 
opened to them amidst the hushed and holy throng gath- 
ered around them in Edinburgh, to watch the old year 
out and the new year in. With reverent stillness and 
silent prayer, they listened to successive peals from 
church towers, which told of the quick approach of an- 
other year full of aw^ful possibilities and of glad certain- 
ties. As men of faith, they had welcomed it with unfal- 
tering trust and high expectation; receiving in their in- 
most souls the benediction from the Heavenly Father — 
" the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the 
whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he 
would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, 
to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner 
man ; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that 
ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to 
comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and 
length, and depth, and height; and to know the love 
of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be fiU- 

12^ 



274 THE WORK OF QOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

ed with all the fullness of God." And we can imagine 
the rapture of praise with which the concluding verses 
were uttered on the last day of 1874: "JSTow unto him 
that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that 
we ask or think, according to the power that work- 
eth in us, unto him be glory in the church by Jesus 
Christ throughout all ages, world without end. Amen." 

WATCH-NIGHT SERVICE. 

The work has opened here most auspiciously ; the two 
meetings held on New Year's Eve were crowded, and the 
impressions produced were most solemn. 

The first meeting was held in the Temperance Hall 
at nine o'clock. Mr. Sankey sung a new hymn written 
by Dr. H. Bonar expressly for him, "Eejoice, and be 
glad! the Kedeemer has come." The air which has 
been set to these words is peculiarly appropriate — a 
bright, joyous melody. 

The impression produced by his singing was very 
striking ; those who had -been merely curious or indiffer- 
ent seemed attracted, and earnest attention, and, in some 
cases, silent weeping, took the place of carelessness. Mr. 
Moody spoke on the subject of "Work," dwelling chief- 
ly on Isaiah vi., 8: "Here am I; send me." His ad- 
dress was well fitted to stir the Christians of this town 
to be up and doing. In concluding, he appealed to all 
to come forward, heart and soul, " and 'let us have a 
fortnight of faithful, prayerful work for God." The 
watch-night service was particularly solemn. The Al- 
bert Hall, where it was held, was crowded, many having 
stood before the doors an hour before they were opened, 
in order to make sure of admittance. 



SHEFFIELD. 275 

Messrs. Moody and Sankey were accompanied on to 
the platform by a large number of ministers of all de- 
nominations. 

" One most interesting feature in this service was Mr. 
Sankey's singing of 'Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.' It 
might be the novelty of his style, or the associations nat- 
urally arising at the near approach of the new year, but 
I certainly have never seen such an effect produced. I 
have heard him in all the towns they have visited in 
Scotland, and also in Manchester ; but I never heard him. 
sing so pathetically, more especially in the last stanzas : 

* Too late ! too late ! will be the cry, 
Jesus of Nazareth has passed by.' 

*' Mr. Moody spoke from Luke xix., 10 : ' For the Son 
of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.' 
As illustrating this verse, he ■ graphically narrated the 
two stories immediately preceding his text — that of the 
opening of the eyes of blind Bartimeus, and the conver- 
sion of Zaccheus. The stories were related in that way 
peculiarly Mr. Moody's own, making his listeners part 
and parcel of the scene, as if the whole thing were en- 
acted just in the Targate, and Jesus were passing the 
hall-doors. He connected the two stories by throwing 
out the thought that as Bartimeus was on his way home 
to tell his wife, Zaccheus met him. ' Why, isn't that the 
poor blind beggar ? It's like him ; but it can't be he, for 
his eyes are open.' 

'"Yes, it is L' 

" ' What has made your eyes open ?' 

'"Jesus of Nazareth did it.' 

" ' Where is he ? I must see him.' 



276 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

" ' He's just on tlie road to Jericho.' 

"Away Zaccheus runs; and because lie is a little man, 
he gets up a tree to see well. Jesus stops, looks up, 
calls him: 'Zaccheus, come down.' This was one in- 
stance of sudden conversion. Some don't believe in 
sudden conversion ; but here Zaccheus was not convert- 
ed when he went up the tree, yet he came down a con- 
verted man. We are told he received Jesus gladly. 
From these incidents, he proved how willing, how eager 
Christ is to save all. What have we to do? Nothing! 
blessed be God. If we had, we would never do it. Only 
accept. What had Zaccheus to do? Only come down, 
only obey. 

"He concluded by drawing the attention of the audi- 
ence to the fact that the old year was fast dying — only a 
few minutes — and what if the new year should come and 
find us where we were — lost ! Oh, let each of us take it ; 
the offer is here ; will you have it? Salvation — ay, even 
before this year is closed you may be saved. As there 
are only a few minutes of this year remaining, let us fin- 
ish the old and begin the new on our knees. 
■ "The whole audience then sunk on their knees, and the 
new year found them bent in silent prayer. Mr. Moody 
asked that those who were unsaved to stand up, that 
they might be prayed for. For a time none were will- 
ing to do so; but on Mr. Moody's asking a second time 
' if there were none in the hall wishing salvation,' a few 
stood up, and the Christians were asked to pray for them. 

"Just then the bells began to ring in the new year, 
and the Eev. E. Green engaged in prayer for an outpour- 
ing of the Holy Ghost on the town of Sheffield, and 
most particularly on the special meetings to be held. 



SHEFFIELD. 277 

Mr. Moody also engaged in praj^er. This was one of 
the most solemn scenes I have ever been privileged to 
witness. While the audience were bent in prayer, the 
most intense stillness prevailed, broken only by an oc- 
casional sob. After singing the doxology, the meeting 
separated." 

A WEEK OF PRAYER. 

Three meetings were held in the Albert Hall on Mon- 
daj^, January 4th — one at noon, one at three o'clock, and 
another at half past seven in the evening. Ministers of 
all denominations took part in the proceedings. The 
noon prayer- meeting was briefly addressed by Mr. 
Moody. A long list of requests for prayer was read at 
the commencement. Much sensation was caused by a 
telegram handed in toward the close of the proceedings. 
It was to the following effect: "Three men were exe- 
cuted this morning at eight o'clock at Liverpool. They 
all attributed the crimes for which they suffered to the 
evil influences of drink. Pray for the poor drunkards 
of Liverpool.!' Mr. Moody gave a Bible lecture at three 
o'clock on "Christ, the Saviour, Deliverer, Eedeemer, 
Teacher, and Shepherd." The hall was filled in every 
part. Many ladies and gentlemen of the wealthy classes 
were present, and a long line of private carriages and 
cabs was drawn up in front of the hall. The evening 
meeting was crowded, many from great distances being 
present. Mr. Moody spoke for an hour on " Christ the 
Remedy for Sin." Private meetings for inquirers were 
held after the public meetings. 

On Tuesday there were three public meetings. There 
was no falling off in the numbers attending, and at the 



278 THE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

afternoon and evening meetings the Albert Hall was 
packed. The public. works were resuming operations af- 
ter the Christmas holidays, and consequently fewer of the 
artisan class could be present at the meetings ; but their 
places were filled by the wealthy classes, old persons, and 
children, whom the weather, now beautifully mild, had 
enticed to come out. The vicar of Shefl&eld, and many 
clergymen and Dissenting ministers, attended in the 
course of the day. The numbers seeking interviews at 
the inquiry-meetings after the public services are on the 
increase. An additional mass meeting for men is to be 
held to-night. In connection with the movement, the 
Young Men's Christian Association have announced ear- 
ly prayer-meetings for those in business. 

On Wednesday, the 6th, a correspondent of the Daily 
Review wrote : " Sheffield is being greatly stirred by the 
revival services of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. They 
are at present the subject of conversation in families, of- 
fices, work-shops, and factories. The merits and demer- 
its of the American evangelists are keenly discussed by 
excited groups at the corners of streets, and the oppo- 
nents of the movement attribute its success to vulgar cu- 
riosity, sensational advertising, and press exaggeration. 
Meanwhile the meetings in connection with the move- 
ment are on the increase. The numbers seeking admis- 
sion to them are beyond all precedent in Sheffield. The 
admission to the mass-meeting last night was by ticket, 
and it was found necessary to engage an additional hall, 
capable of accommodating two thousand persons. The 
average attendance at each of the four meetings held in 
the Albert Hall yesterday may be stated at twenty -five 
hundred — total, ten thousand. Thirty requests for the 



SHEFFIELD. 279 

prayers of the noon meeting were read. They were 
from persons in all stages of life and grades of society. 
Mr. Moody stated that many more had been received, 
too late for arrangement, which would have to be defer- 
red till next day. The vicar of Sheffield made a touch- 
ing appeal on hehalf of a dying man, from whose bedside 
he had just come. This man, he said, had never heard of 
Jesus till the previous day. Deeply impressive prayers 
were offered by Mr. Moody, Mr. Sankey, and others. 
Such a crowd of earnest listeners as attended Mr. Moody's 
Bible-lecture on ' Salvation by Blood ' was perhaps never 
before witnessed in any assembly hall in Sheffield. Mr. 
Moody proposed, at the mass-meeting for men, that simi- 
lar meetings should be instituted, to be held every night 
in temperance halls. He asked all approving the pro- 
posal to stand up, and nearly the whole assembly re- 
sponded." 

On Thursday the demands for admission became so 
numerous, that the committee restricted the admission 
by tickets, and had the hall-doors closed as soon as the 
hall was filled. A long list of requests for the prayers 
of the noon meeting was read previous to tha com- 
mencement of the service, and it was again intimated 
that it had been found impossible to arrange nearly all 
sent in. A new feature was, that many persons desired 
to return thanks for their conversion through these meet- 
ings. Mr. Moody, in a brief address from the words, 
"Declare his doings among the people," referred to re- 
cent accounts of their work in Dublin, Glasgow, and Man- 
chester. These were remarkable for their mention of so 
great a number of young men as had become converts, 
and devoted themselves to Christian work. He affirmed 



280 THE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

that none of their public services had been followed by 
more gratifying assurances than last night's mass-meet- 
ing for men. Half an hour before the Bible lecture the 
hall was filled, the doors shut, and many hundreds left 
standing round the entrances. It was reported that many 
of those at the noon meeting had remained in their 
seats. Mr. Moody illustrated the Bible lecture by some 
of his most thrilling anecdotes and appeals, but happily 
he repressed the .distracting exclamations which were 
frequent among his early audiences here. When he re- 
quested a few minutes' silent prayer, a stillness as of 
death fell on the vast assembly. Many hundreds had to 
be denied admission to the evening meeting, at which Mr. 
Moody gave a very impressive address from the words, 
'^ Son, remember." Two other meetings — one for men, 
another for women — were held elsewhere. The total 
attendance at these meetings was about twelve thou- 
sand. 

On Friday, Mr. Moody having gone to Manchester, 
the prayer-meeting was presided over by the Eev. Row- 
ley Hill, vicar of Sheffield, and participated in by other 
clergymen. Several laymen also took part in the pro- 
ceedings. Forty requests for prayer were sent in by let- 
ters and telegrams. The evening meeting was presided 
over by the Rev. Robert Stainton, Independent minister, 
and addresses bearing on religious work were delivered 
by ministers of all denominations. A meeting for men 
only took place at a later hour in the temperance hall, 
and was largely attended. The singing was conducted 
by Mr. Sankey, who rendered with much effect some of 
his most touching solos. 

Rain having fallen heavily all forenoon, the children's 



SHEFFIELD. 281 

meeting at midday on Saturday, tlie 9th, was not quite 
so largely attended as had been anticipated. About one 
hundred adults were present. Mr. Sankey presided, and 
in his opening address gave an interesting account of 
the children's meetings in Edinburgh. He deprecated 
lengthy addresses to children. His experience was, that 
such meetings could be made attractive to children by 
brief, simple discourses from several speakers, along with 
the singing of hymns in which the children could intel- 
ligently join. Addresses were also given by the vicar 
and other speakers, among whom was Mr. Drummond, 
from Edinburgh, a young man well known in connec- 
tion with the present revival movement. In closing the 
meeting, Mr. Sankey made a touching allusion to his ap- 
proaching departure, that being in all probability the last 
children's meeting he would ever address in Sheffield. 
The evening meeting was crowded, and many hundreds 
were denied admission. Mr. Moody spoke from the 
words, " He was wounded for our transgressions," etc., 
and the picture he presented of Christ's death drew tears 
from hundreds. When he spoke of the resurrection, the 
enthusiasm became irrepressible; it broke out in every 
part of the hall. On the conclusion of the service, hun- 
dreds went to the inquiry-room. A meeting for men 
was held in the temperance hall, which was crowded. 
This meeting was addressed by Mr. Drummond and oth- 
ers. The excitement and enthusiasm have not been so 
high in Sheffield before. Mingling in the crowd, one 
hears Mr. Moody compared to Paul on Mars Hill. The 
attendances up to Saturday night reached sixty -eight 
thousand. 

Four meetings were beld in the Albert Hall on Sun- 



282 THE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BRITAIN. 

day, the lOtb. The first, for Christian workers, at eight 
o'clock, was well attended. It would probably have 
been crowded, but a thick drizzling rain, which contin- 
ued most of the day, kept many at home. A service for 
those who do not usually attend any church or chapel 
took place at eleven o'clock. The hall was filled, but 
not quite by the class for whom the service was intend- 
ed. Strenuous efibrts have been put forth among the 
denizens of the slums, to awaken their interest in the 
movement. Hundreds on hundreds of tickets were 
given away among them, and expectations were enter- 
tained that they would attend in large numbers; but a 
cursory glance was sufiicient to convince the practiced 
observer that the audience did not differ in any percepti- 
ble degree from former audiences. Many new faces were 
to be seen, but they were those of decent, orderly work- 
ing people, or visitors from the rural districts — not the 
besotted countenances of the residents of the slums. A 
meeting for women only was announced for three o'clock; 
but by half-past two the hall was crammed to suffocation, 
and the wide street in front was blocked with a crowd 
of both sexes. Every means of persuasion was tried to 
induce those who were crushed out to go and listen to 
other speakers elsewhere, but in vain — they would hear 
none but Mr. Moody. Finally, Mr. Moody left the Al- 
bert Hall, and addressed the people assembled, to the 
number of many thousands, in the parish church-j^ard, 
situated in the centre of the town. Similarly the hall 
was crammed, and thousands denied admission, an hour 
before the commencement of the evening service. Meet- 
ings were announced elsewhere, but the crowd outside 
remained till the end of the service. 



SHEFFIELD. 283 

A correspondent says: "The interest in the evangel- 
ists' services culminated on Sabbath. All the inhabit- 
ants of the town were stirred, as by one mighty impulse. 
The Christian workers' morning meeting was crowded to 
the doors with an influential and enthusiastic audience. 
The eleven o'clock meeting was rather a novel one, con- 
sisting entirely of non-church-goers, who were admitted 
by tickets which they had themselves procured. The 
Albert Hall was thoroughly packed, almost exclusively 
with men who belonged, with scarcely an exception, to 
the very class intended to be reached. They seemed 
greatly to appreciate Mr. Sankey, who sung no fewer 
than three solos with immense effect; the last one espe- 
cially, the ' Prodigal Child,' quite carried away the audi- 
ence. Mr. Moody was in full power, and a profound im- 
pression was made, which bore fruit not only at the in- 
quiry-meeting at the close, but also at the succeeding 
meetings. 

"The next meeting, which was announced for three 
o'clock, was exclusively for women. Long before the 
hour the hall was filled, and thousands waited around the 
doors ; while a large crowd adjourned spontaneously to 
the parish church -yard, in the hope that Mr. Moody 
would give an open-air service. What could Mr. Moody 
do? The weather was mild, and the streets filled with 
people who seemed literally to be. hungry for the bread 
of life, and he seemed at last almost compelled by circum- 
stances to follow the multitude to the church-yard and 
address them there. Mounting a tall, flat grave-stone, 
Mr. Moody was in a few moments the centre of perhaps 
the largest audience he had ever addressed in England. 
The ground could not have been better chosen. In the 



284 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

rear stood a range of tall houses, and in the immediate 
foreground the old parish church, with its antique spire, 
overshadowing one of the most impressive scenes ever 
witnessed in Sheffield. With such surroundings, it is 
needless to say that the preacher spoke with unusual 
power; and last Sabbath afternoon will be marked for 
generations as an era in the religious history of York- 
shire. In the mean time a splendid meeting was sus- 
tained in the Albert Hall by Mr. Sankey and others, and 
a very large number of inquirers remained at the close. 

"The last meeting, also ticketed, was advertised for 
eight o'clock, but before seven the immense hall was 
again filled to suffocation, exclusively with men, while 
thousands of people lingered around the doors. Mr. 
Moody and Mr. Sankey took the indoor meeting, while 
a number of ministers and others addressed the crowd 
from three or four different stand-points. The Albert 
Hall meeting was a fit termination to such a memorable 
day, and the number of inquirers was beyond all expec- 
tation. The young men's meeting in the Temperance 
Hall, holding one thousand five hundred, was also crowd- 
ed in every part, and promises well for the series of 
men's meetings to be held there every night this week. 
The last few days are sure to be signalized by unparal- 
leled results, and, as a local paper writes, the interest is 
so intense and universal that meetings could be kept fill- 
ed all day and night, if preaching could only be provided 
for the audiences." 

GENEEAL IMPEESSIONS. 

The long-looked-for visit of Messrs. Moody and San- 
key to Sheffield has been paid, and is now past. The 



SHEFFIELD. 285 

crowded meetings, tlirice repeated every day, attended 
by persons who set aside engagements, alike of business, 
work, and pleasure, have been accompanied with much 
power from above. Sheffield is usually considered as a 
population difficult to arouse, sturdy, independent, un- 
impressionable ; like the metal in which we work in 
these parts, true, but hard as steel. Yet the place has 
been thoroughly aroused, and proof to demonstration 
given that God is able to work here, as in Jerusalem of 
old, and as in other towns of England now ; thus greatly 
encouraging Christian ministers and laborers to look 
with faith for greater things. All the meetings have 
been pervaded by a sense of God's nearness; believers 
have been filled with fresh joy and fired with new zeal ; 
the anxious have found soul-rest; the careless have been 
aroused. In fact, we have had at once a revival and an 
awakening — a revival touching the hearts of God's peo- 
ple, and an awakening spreading among the thoughtless. 
The influence reached its height on the last night of Mr. 
Moody's presence in the town, when he addressed spe- 
cially the converts, who were present in goodly numbers, 
together with a vast crowd of Christian workers. His 
words seemed to have a thrilling power among us all. 
When he closed by saying that he did not like " fare- 
well," and "good-bye" was almost as bad; he would 
therefore just say "good -night," and meet us in the 
morning (pointing to the skies), I think the whole audi- 
ence deeply felt how much our beloved brother had en- 
deared himself to us. And when Mr. Sankey followed 
directly with his touching farewell hymn, so appropriate 
to such an occasion, and so specially addressing every 
class of hearers, many were the eyes that were bathed in 



286 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

tears. Had it been possible, we would not have parted 
with our brethren. But may the Lord go with them in 
other places, confirming their word with signs and won- 
ders, as He has done here ! 

The verdict of almost all Christian people upon this 
movement is, that it is the work of God. I am con- 
vinced that such an estimate is just, on many grounds. 

1. The movement was an answer to prayer. Though 
we had not waited on the Lord so long as Christians in 
some other towns have done, a weekly united prayer- 
meeting had been maintained for nearly a year previous- 
ly. Many of God's people were also quietly sighing and 
crying for the abominations of the city, and hungering 
and thirsting for spiritual blessing. One feature in the 
prayers previously offered was very noticeable. While 
all were preparing heartily to welcome Messrs. Moody 
and Sankey, there was a thorough recognition in the 
supplications that not they, but their God, must open the 
flood-gates of grace. The Spirit was honored ; and we 
have had the answer. 

2. Kemarkable unity prevailed. At least in its out- 
ward manifestation this was realized, when ministers of 
the Established Church and those of the Free Churches 
sat together on the same platform, and followed each 
other in prayer. The force of exhortation, backed by the 
united sympathy and supplications of the whole Christian 
Church, is multiplied tenfold. Doubtless Christian un- 
ion is of God. When will it genuinely prevail ? Is not 
the attainment of it worth the surrender of the causes of 
division ? 

8. The movement had a growing power. Its influ- 
ence at first was not to be compared with what it became 



SHEFFIELD. 287 

in its progress. Indeed, the feeling of myself and of 
others with whom I have conversed was at first one of 
disappointment. Both Mr. Moody's speaking and Mr. 
Sankey's singing seemed to fall short of what we had ex- 
pected ; but it was not long before the impressiveness of 
both made itself felt to all. To my mind, this is a true 
test of excellence. A picture, a piece of music, a land- 
scape — do they grow upon you by repetition? The work 
of these evangelists has grown upon us. I apprehend it 
would have been the other way, had it not been of God. 

4. The stillness was remarkable. The noise and con- 
fusion favorable to revivals which are the work of man 
was altogether absent. The quiet, favorable to the de- 
scent and operations of the Holy Ghost, was marked. A 
man of my acquaintance once observed that " any body 
could get up a revival if he only made enough noise." 
There was nothing of that kind here. Indeed, I noticed 
that if any brother threw a needless physical exertion 
into his entreaties, Mr. Moody would be sure to say, 
^'Let us have a few minutes' silent prayer;" and this was 
mostly followed by the subduing strains of Mr. Sankey's 
harmonium and voice. A solemn quiet reigned at all 
times, and even Mr. Moody's humorous sayings did not 
destroy the solemnity of it. A work done under condi- 
tions such as these, so different from those which have 
prevailed in some '' revivals," commends itself to me as 
the work of God. There are many things that I might 
touch on ; but only one thing more will I mention. 

5. The work is evidently one of faith. This quality 
is very observable in Mr. Moody. He has faith — not a 
proud self-confidence engendered by success, but a hum- 
ble reliance upon God and fearless expectation of blessing. 



288 THE WORE OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

LETTER OF MR. MOODY TO THE YOUNG CONVERTS. 

A meeting of converts was held on the evening of 
January 19th, presided over by the Eev. R. Sfaiinton. 

During the proceedings the chairman read the follow- 
ing letter: 

"BiEMiNGHAM, Jan. lUh, 1875. 

"My dear Friends, — Mr. Sankey and I would have been very glad 
to have seen you all once more to-night, but God has given us work in an- 
other corner of his vineyard, and we can only join you in well- wishes. I 
am very glad now to have this ojiportunity of fulfilling my promise to send 
you a short message. There are many things I should like to say if I had 
the time, but I fear I must confine myself to one or two very plain words. 
Ever since we left Sheffield, every one of us will have changed a little. 
Some will be merrier, and some will be gloomier. Some will be fuller of 
God's love, and some may even feel a little emptier ; others, again, may 
not have got over the period of wonder^ and still find themselves asking ; 
' And can it really all be true ? Is it not just some strange dream ? Is it 
really possible that God loves us, and that we are really saved for ever- 
more ? And this is my only one reply to these very common and ration- 
al questions. We are changed, hut Christ is not. Oh, if he were differ- 
ent, it would be a very, very serious thing. And if we are changed and 
are frightened about it, we must find out at once if he is changed too. If 
it is only we who are different, it does not matter much, because salvation 
does not depend upon us, but upon him. And the Bible tells us all about 
it in one little golden sentence, which we must all ask God to burn into 
our hearts, and then we shall never be troubled any more about our feel- 
ings. In Hebrews xiii., 8, he says, ' Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and 
to-day, and forever, ' Yes ! the same ; no matter how changed we are, no 
matter how dull, how joyless, he is just as he was yesterday, just as he was 
the night when we got our first glimpse of his dying love for us, 

" Oh, dear friends, let us keep looking to him, and as we look, God will 
give us the longing to be more and more like him. Perhaps some of you al- 
ready feel that longing, and you don't know what it is ! Perhaps you think 
it is very hard to have this craving after a better heart and a holier life. 
But Christ says it is 'blessed,' It is not hard ; it is not a misfortune; it 
is not a sign that the health of the soul is gone. No ; appetite is not the 
symptom of disease, but of health. And the Master himself has told us 



SHEFFIELD. 289 

that it is blessed to be hungiy and thirsty after him. And some of you 
may be mourning over your empty hearts, for little love is there ; how 
little faith, how httle zeal for the Master's service ! Well, it is not hard- 
ship to feel like that. If it be real, it is not sad to be that way, only don't 
mourn over it. Christ says it is ' blessed ' — blessed to be poor in spirit ; 
and the poorer, and weaker, and humbler we feel, the more room is there 
for him to perfect strength in our weakness. ' My grace is sufficient for 

thee ; my strength is made perfect in weakness ; for when I am weak, 

then am I strong.' And now, dear friends, before closing, let me ask you 
all to do something for Christ, something this very week. I can not tell 
you what to do ; but God will if you ask him. He has something for 
every body to do ; and let us be earnest in doing our best for him, and let 
us do it soon. Death will be upon us when our work will be but begun, 
and ' the night eometh when no man can work.' And for every one of 
you, that God may bless you, and keep you, and cause the light of his face 
to shine upon you, and enable you to grow in the knowledge and likeness 
of his only-begotten Son, is the earnest and humble prayer of your affec- 
tionate friend, D. L. Moody." 

INCIDENTS RELATED. 

Last Sunday, at the prayer-meeting after the evening 
service in Nether Chape], the first to pray was an elderly 
stranger. Yery intelligently, calmly, and fervently he 
led our devotions. He staid subsequently to speak with 
me, and tell his story. In early life he had been a 
Christian and boy-preacher. Through some means he 
became separated from his communion, and fell farther 
and still farther back from the pleasant paths of wisdom. 
But the backslider in heart was filled with his own 
ways ; for many years he had walked in utter wretched- 
ness. His conscience tormented him, almost foreshadow- 
ing the worm of hell. He resorted to drink as to an 
anodyne; but it killed not his pangs. Fears which he 
almost seemed to see preyed upon him. At last he re- 
solved to bring his life to an end. One day he purposed 

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290 THE WORK OF GOD IN GEE AT BRITAIK 

it, but was mercifully prevented by unforeseen events. 
Once more he planned his design, and, intending to car- 
ry it out, passed near the lower Albert Hall, where Mr. 
Daniels was conducting a children's service, preparatory 
to the visit of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. He entered. 
A simple prayer offered went to his heart ; it unstopped 
the wells of penitence in his soul. The backslider, the 
would-be suicide, came weeping back to Christ, felt once 
more the tender Shepherd's love ; and at length, after 
having been almost torn to pieces by the fierce wolves 
of despair and remorse, was again at rest — safe in the 
arms of Jesus. 

A brother minister tells the following story : " In con- 
nection with these services I had conversation with one 
poor man in the inquiry-room, who said he had never 
known the name of Jesus as that of the world's Saviour. 
He had heard it as a name, indeed, but knew not whom 
it meant. On being interrogated, he avowed that he had 
seen pictures occasionally of a man upon a cross, and 
also of one walking on the waves, but he knew not whom 
they represented. As much light as could be imparted 
was given to the poor seeker; and although his faith is 
not an intelligent one, I hope that that night will prove 
to have been the turning-point in the history of a pre- 
cious soul. 

"In the inquiry-room I met a young man deeply im- 
pressed on account of sin. After some conversation, I 
prayed with him, and then asked him if he would follow 
with a few words. He said he could not; so I begged 
him to join with me in uttering a few simple sentences ap- 
propriate to his case. He complied at once ; and when 
he rose from his knees, he exclaimed, ' That is the first 



SHEFFIELD. 291 

prayer I ever prayed in my life!' And he meant it lit- 
erally." 

A clergyman tells a remarkable case of one who wan- 
dered into the inquiry-room without any distinct purpose. 
When many knelt, he knelt. The clergyman came to 
speak in that part of the room, and addressed a woman 
near. But she was unable to say any thing; so, after 
vainly attempting to lead her into conversation, he deem- 
ed it best to state the simple truth of the Gospel, and to 
pass on. Coming to this man, he began to talk, and at 
once received replies. Though indifferent at the outset, 
he became seriously concerned then and there, and now, 
I believe, good hopes are entertained of his conversion. 
Yet he says his only reason for replying readily to the 
questions addressed to him was, that he thought the 
good woman his neighbor had treated the clergyman so 
disrespectfully that, out of mere civility, he would com- 
port himself differently. 



292 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



III. 

BIRMINGHAM. 

We find it difficult to select details, and report long- 
continued meetings, when the spiritual tide suddenly 
rises and pours in one mighty stream through a great 
city. Birmingham has a population of nearly four hun- 
dred thousand, mainly devoted to mechanical employ- 
ments. The class is such as has been most easily reach- 
ed by our brethren, though their converts have come 
from all ranks in society. Their labors commenced here 
on Sunday morning, January 17th, 1874. The character 
of the city to which they had come is thus described in 
the Belfast Witness of January 22d : 

"Birmingham — often and correctly described as the 
Toy-shop of the World — is better known as a town of 
intense political activity than of great religious vitality. 
For years past this has been the head-quarters of the ad- 
vanced school of politicians, and on more than one occa- 
sion Birmingham has given the key-note to the rest of 
the country upon the important questions which have 
agitated our times. In the stormy days which preceded 
the passing of the first Eeform Bill, Birmingham made 
her voice heard and her influence felt through Thomas 
Attwood, the famous founder and President of the Polit- 
ical Union. In later days she has continued a political 
power in the land, for this, if for no other reason, that 
John Bright — the Tribune of the People — sits in the 



BIRMINGHAM. 293 

House of Commons as one of her representatives. But 
Birmingham is a religious as well as a political town, 
and has exercised considerable influence upon England 
in the former as in the latter capacity. It was here that 
John Angel James labored so long, and with such mark- 
ed success ; and in our own day the town has been able 
to count among its ministers men like Mr. Charles Yince, 
the well-known Baptist orator, who died only lately, and 
Mr. E. W. Dale, the successor of John Angel James, and 
one of the finest preachers and ablest writers connected 
with the Congregational body. Roman Catholicism has, 
also, in its hour of need, to turn to Birmingham as con- 
taining its greatest tower of strength in England, for it 
is from the Oratory here that Dr. Newman occasionally 
issues to cross swords with the strongest and stoutest 
assailants of Popery. The freethinking school, in all 
its branches and varied forms, is likewise strong in the 
midland Metropolis, both numerically and intellectually. 
The Unitarians have some of the best preachers and 
finest churches in the town, while Mr. George Dawson, 
whose church is associated with no denomination what- 
ever, and who is himself a fearless freethinker, wields 
an influence in these parts which it would be difficult to 
overestimate. 

"Taking every thing into account, many persons were 
inclined to think that the American evangelists would 
experience greater difiiculty in rousing and attracting 
Birmingham than they had encountered in the case of 
any of the other large towns previously visited. How 
far these calculations have been removed from the truth 
is abundantly shown by the truly splendid meetings 
which they have held this week. Never before have 



294 THE WORK OF GOB IN QREAT BRITAIN. 

such stirring and memorable sights been witnessed here. 
Sometimes, it is true — when, for example, Mr. Bright has 
been addressing the electors— more people have been 
crowded into Bingley Hall, one of the most capacious 
buildings in the country. On those occasions the build- 
ing contained only a few seats, so that, nearly all requir- 
ing to stand, some twenty thousand persons could find 
room within its walls. For Messrs. Moody and Sankey's 
services, however, the place has been seated throughout, 
and still contains comfortable accommodation for well on 
to fifteen thousand individuals. 

"On Sunday two meetings were held in the Town Hall, 
capable of holding nearly five thousand — one, in the 
morning, for Christian workers only, and the other, in 
the afternoon, open to all. The hall was crowded on 
both occasions. In the evening, at eight, a service, free 
to all, was held in Bingley Hall. So great was the rush 
for admission that the immense building was thronged 
throughout by seven o'clock. The doors had to be 
closed against thousands and thousands eager to get in, 
it being estimated that, had it been possible, Bingley 
Hall could have been crowded three or four times that 
night, with different congregations each time. It has 
been the same since, daily and nightly — the Town Hall 
full at the noon meeting, and Bingley Hall occupied to 
its utmost extent in the evening. Carr's Lane Chapel 
(Mr. Dale's) is also crowded on the occasion of Mr, 
Moody's Bible lectures each afternoon. While a few 
of the leading local clergy of the Church of England are 
keeping aloof from the movement as yet, a considerable 
number have thrown themselves heartily into the work. 
The various Dissenting ministers are loyally and ably 



BIRMINGHAM. 295 

supporting and assisting the evangelists. Mr. Dale at- 
tends nearly all their meetings, and almost invariably 
takes some part in the service, either by giving out a 
hymn, offering up a prayer, or delivering a short and 
pointed address. It would be impossible to say whether 
the audiences are most affected by Mr. Moody's earnest 
appeals or Mr. Sankey's magnificent rendering of some 
touching hymn. 

" On Monday night, at the close of his address, Mr. 
Moody asked all those to stand up who were not yet 
Christians, but who were anxious to become such. At 
first no one answered the appeal. 'No one!' he cried; 
'What! no sinner in this vast assembly who wants to 
become a Christian !' Then a young girl, apparently 
about sixteen, rose in the body of the hall, her head 
hung down, crying bitterly as she held her handkerchief 
over her eyes. 'Thank God! there's one at least!' ex- 
claimed Mr. Moody. Then between two and three hun- 
dred persons, in all parts of the hall, of all ages, and evi- 
dently belonging to every class, stood up in rapid suc- 
cession, Mr. Moody ejaculating, ' Praise the Lord ! So 
many as that! I can not count them ; but Jesus knows 
you all.' Mr. Dale asked all those who had stood up, and 
any others who were anxious, to leave the hall at once 
and proceed to Broad Street Presbyterian Church, where 
Mr. Moody would meet them. A large number left ac- 
cordingly. Broad Street Presbyterian Church, where 
Mr. Moody met the inquirers, was crowded. 

" On Tuesday evening, the regular service being ended, 
Mr. Moody requested all who had to go to leave the hall 
then. A large number went ; but the floor and lower 
galleries still remained occupied to their fullest extent. 



296 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

The upper galleries being cleared, Mr. Moody asked all 
who felt anxious to go into these galleries, where Mr. 
Sankey and the ministers present would be glad to con- 
verse with them, and try to remove any difficulties or 
doubts they might have. A great number — probably a 
couple of hundred, chiefly young women — complied with 
the request and entered the upper galleries, where Mr. 
Sankey and several ministers and others met and con- 
versed with them. While this was being done, those 
seated in the body of the hall, at Mr. Moody's request, 
engaged in silent prayer on behalf of the anxious." 

Never before in Birmingham have any preachers 
drawn such vast numbers of people as these brethren 
are doing at this time. Thousands are flocking daily to 
hear them from the districts around. The whole com- 
munity seems stirred up. That which seems to be up- 
permost in men's minds is the pjesent marvelous gath- 
erings that are daily taking place. There is no lack of 
opportunity for the Christian to put in a word for the 
Master, for wherever you go, whether in the counting- 
house, shop, refreshment-room, train, omnibus, and even 
as you walk along the street, the one topic is the doings 
of these wonderful men of God. If you want to get a 
seat at their meetings, you must be there fully one hour 
before the time ; and a stranger entering the town must 
be struck with the determination of those who daily seek 
these gatherings. 

Every day this week hundreds have been turned 
away from the noon-day meetings held in the Town Hall. 
Meetings are now being held in Carr's Lane Chapel 
every afternoon at three o'clock, and here again it is 
necessary to be there some time before the service com- 



BIBMINGHAM. " 297 

mences. In fact, yesterday I was there at two o'clock, 
and the body of the chapel was then filled. It is esti- 
mated that three thousand people are in this building 
every afternoon. 

To convey to the mind of the reader the sight which 
presents itself on entering Bingley Hall (the place of 
evening meeting) is impossible. Sloping down from the 
galleries which run round the building, other galleries 
have been erected, and the whole building, from the 
speaker's platform, looks like one vast amphitheatre. 
The crimson cloth which drapes the galleries adds to the 
general effect, and makes the hall (said to be one of the 
dreariest-looking buildings in the Midland counties) look 
very comfortable. The immense sea of faces is singu- 
larly impressive, especially when from twelve to fifteen 
thousand people are listening eagerly to catch the words 
that fall from the speaker's lips. 

The question may be asked. What effect is this move- 
ment having upon the people in general ? I reply, good 
every way. The stirring addresses given by Mr. Moody 
to Christians from the very first morning are bearing 
fruit. They are beginning to look about, and realize 
that thousands around them are living without Christ. 
Many Christians have spoken to me of the fresh energy 
with which they have been stimulated through attend- 
ing the meetings. As for those who nightly throng 
Bingley Hall, the best test of the work I can give is, 
that whereas at first the after-meetings were held in a 
neighboring church, the anxious ones have now become 
so numerous that they are obliged to remain in the hall, 
w^hile earnest Christian workers, with Bible in hand, pass 
from one to another, and open to inquirers the way of life. 

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298 THE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

All this proves to us the great power of God, and what 
he can do by two men who give themselves wholly up 
to him. The work " is marvelous in our eyes," but it 
is not less marvelous that their physical strength does 
not give way under their unceasing labors. While Mr. 
Sankey is greatly gifted with power to use his voice in 
singing the Gospel, Mr. Moody has a way of marvelously 
picturing, in the most vivid manner, Bible truths. From 
the humorous he can come down to the pathetic, and so 
move his hearers to tears, and withal there is a " holy 
boldness " which is seldom to be met with in the preach- 
ers of the present day. May the Lord bless abundantly 
the efforts of these men, who have produced such an un- 
usual and powerful effect upon Birmingham ! 

The Morning News says: " Never before in the history 
of Birmingham, I believe^ have two men drawn such 
large numbers of people together as Messrs. Moody and 
Sankey have done, time after time, during the whole of 
last week and yesterday. The Town Hall, Carr's Lane 
Chapel, and Bingley Hall have been entirely filled at most 
of their meetings, uncomfortably crowded at some, and 
all but full at one or two others. Since commencing their 
labors here*, they have held twenty-two services. No 
doubt in many cases the same persons presented them- 
selves at the meetings again and again ; but it is prob- 
able that the audiences were, for the most part, different 
on each occasion. At the four meetings in Carr's Lane 
Chapel some twelve thousand, at the six in the Town 
Hall about twenty-four thousand, and at the twelve in 
Bingley Hall at least one hundred and twenty thousand 
persons must have been present, making a total of one 
hundred and fifty-six thousand men, women, and chil- 



BIRMINGHAM. 299 

dren, to whom, during the last eight days, they have 
preached and sung the Gospel. ISTor does the interest in 
the men and their work as yet know any abatement, it 
being likely that the services to be held this week will 
be as numerously attended as those of last week. 

" The spring-tide of blessing has rolled over Birming- 
ham, and risen far above the ordinary high-water mark 
of years gone by. The fishermen who have learned the 
divine art of catching men, instead of toiling all night and 
taking nothing, have had the fish leaping into the Gospel 
net, as it were, praying to be caught. The woman, with 
the light of the Holy Spirit on the word, has been sweep- 
ing her house; and though there was much rubbish, and 
the helpers were few, yet she has left no stone unturned, 
no part unsearched, but has kept the one object of her 
search — the lost piece — in her mind until she has found 
it. And oh ! how many more pieces of precious treasure 
has she found than ever she expected ! Her example 
has become contagious ; and wherever you go, you find 
the search for souls going on, and souls themselves feel- 
ing they are lost. Special services are being carried on 
in various parts of the town, at each of which souls are 
finding joy and peace in believing." 

MASSES STILL COMING. 

"Having occasion to pay a short visit to Birmingham, 
we reached Bingley Hall in time for Mr. Moody's Bible 
reading on Wednesday, January 27th. Bingley Hall 
was built for the Birmingham Annual Cattle Show, and 
through the zeal of Christian friends it was adapted for 
these services. The interior forms a square of about one 
hundred yards each side. The covering of the hall con- 



300 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

sists of five parallel roofs, sustained at their respective 
junctions by fiat-arched girders, upheld by a row of sev- 
en pillars. The hall is lighted bj sky -lights, and at 
night is well illuminated by gas. Toward the walls 
sloping galleries have been extemporized, backed by a 
palisade covered with red baize ; and behind this is a 
second gallery of less depth, extending round great part 
of the building. At one end is the platform, and at the 
other the galleries rise to a considerable height. Ten 
thousand chairs have been placed in the building; but 
this is exclusive of much room contained in the galleries, 
so that when the standing room was also densely filled, 
the number of persons present must have exceeded the 
above figures by some thousands. 

" Wending one's way toward the hall, and while still 
three hundred yards ofi^, the direction was plainly enough 
indicated by boys selling the hymn-book in its various 
editions ; and unless you were prepared to sit for nearly 
two hours before the meeting began, it was hopeless to 
expect a fair hearing-place at the evening evangelistic 
services. 

"When the hall was brimming full the doors were 
locked, and the excluded hundreds made themselves 
from time to time heard, in their fruitless attempts to ob- 
tain admittance. The long, period of waiting was occu- 
pied by the choir and audience singing from the 'Songs 
and Solos' book. The two hymns, 'What shall the 
Harvest be?' and 'The Great Physician,' seemed favor- 
ites. Speaking of the hymns, we may mention that Mr. 
Sankey's solos produced here, as elsewhere, a visible im- 
pression. As has been well remarked, Mr. Sankey's sing- 
ing adorns and impresses Mr. Moody's' speaking. 



BIRMINGHAM. 801 

"Whjen Bingley Hall began to fill up, it was a grand 
sight. To see those rows and rows of people — not drawn 
out, as on the previous Monday, to hear the members for 
the city expound their political views, but to meet the 
great question, ' What shall I do to be saved?' — this was 
a spirit-stirring sight. The late honored Mr. John Milne, 
of Perth, on occasion of an extensive demonstration in 
welcome of royalty, remarked, 'I rejoice in witnessing 
the capacity of my fellow-men to be moved on a great 
scale.' He intended by the remark, that evidence is thus 
afforded that man is made for the great and eternal re- 
lationships, and will yet be seen taking his place in the 
grand scenes, when the issues of these shall appear. 
Sight comes to the aid of faith when men can thus be 
marshaled by thousands to listen to the silver trumpet 
of the Gospel, with its double note : ' Flee from the 
wrath to come;' 'Believe in the Son of God.' 

"When the first meeting on Wednesday was closed, 
it took about an hour for the narrow outflowing streams 
of people to empty the hall sufficiently, to enable Mr. 
Moody to deal with the anxious. These now, with the 
workers, retired to the galleries. One lad of eighteen 
was silently weeping in deep distress : ' My sins can nev- 
er be pardoned.' Others were under various degrees of 
impression, and some appeared to rest upon the Eock. 

" The Friday Bible-reading on ' The Blood ' concluded 
with the following weighty saying : ' If you wish to 
know the secret of Mr. Sankey's and my success for the 
last two years, it lies here, that we have stood fair and 
square on the Bible truth of the atonement, the substitu- 
tion. Ah, that's what is needed by a dying world !' 

"I never realized Mr. Moody's great evangelistic pow- 



302 THE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BRITAIN. 

ers so much as wlien listening to his concluding address 
on ' The Flood.' Few could have confronted and com- 
manded that sea of fifteen thousand faces as did this 
shrewd and fervent speaker. He expatiated on all the 
features of the scene in a graphic and telling and trench- 
ant style. And all was brought to bear and urged home 
on the vast assembly, as he besought the unsaved now 
to flee to Christ, the ark, and so to be safe from the wrath 
to come. 

"But there is a deeper element in Mr. Moody than his 
power of evangelistic address. Many a man would be 
tempted to rest complacently in having successfully ad- 
dressed this vast audience. But success with this fisher 
of men means individual souls won to Christ. This pas- 
sion for souls is the internal fire which animates and 
gives efficiency to his whole procedure. A gentleman 
sitting by remarked of Mr. Moody, 'He is so business- 
like: the anxious are his game — he must get at them.' 

"The meeting over, Mr. Moody said: 'Clear out the 
central division of the hall up to the fourth pillar, and 
let the anxrious fill the space.' A large number respond- 
ed to the invitation. He is drawing the net ashore. Af- 
ter a short explanation of the simplicity of faith, as trust 
in Christ, all who think they now so trust are asked to 
stand up. 'I see a few still sitting,' said Mr. Moody; 
'let the others go, and these come aside into the gallery 
for a little further conversation.' Thus not a single soul 
was permitted to escape without the fisherman, if possi- 
ble, seizing it for Christ. To God, who alone giveth the 
increase, be all the glory." 



BIRMINGHAM. 803 

FIRST HOUR. — THE GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST. 

An all-daj convention was held on Tuesday. It was 
attended by immense crowds throughout the day, and 
many well-known ministers and others were present 
from London and various towns in the provinces, as well 
as Scotland and Ireland. Mr. Moody presided through- 
out the day with his usual tact and energy. 

The proceedings commenced at ten o'clock, and the 
morning's programme consisted of three parts — namely, a 
service of praise, conducted by Mr. Sankey ; a lecture on 
"Works," by Mr. Moody; and a discussion on prayer- 
meetings and how to conduct them, led by Mr. Moody. 
The afternoon's services were as follows: From one to 
three, a discussion on " How are the Masses of the Peo- 
ple to be reached?" and from three to four, Mr. Moody 
answered questions on various practical subjects in con- 
nection with the movement. 

Mr. Sankey then addressed the meeting. He said it 
was stated that in the Bible more was said about praise 
than prayer. If they went into our churches and took a 
survey, they would see a great deal more prayer than 
prais'e. He, on the other hand, believed prayer would 
be more availing if there was more praise in it. It was 
very singular how much more important singing was in 
the olden time ; and looking back over the history of 
this country, they would find that whenever the Church 
of God had revived, the singing of his praise had re- 
vived. He referred to several incidents in the Old Tes- 
tament where the people went before the army singing, 
"Praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth forever." 
This, it seemed, was all God wanted them to do. He 



S04: TBS WORK OF GOD IN ORE AT BRITAIN. 

gave them the victory, and it took three days to gather 
up the spoil. He hoped it would take three times three, 
not days, but years, to gather up the spoil from the meet- 
ing, for he thought there had been many Philistines slain 
while they had been singing to God. Indeed, he had 
received many letters, from strangers, saying, " While 
you were praising God in singing, my heart was opened, 
and I gave it to Jesus." 

Paul and Silas, when they got in the stocks, and their 
backs were lacerated with stripes, prayed, and then sung 
praises unto God ; and the prisoners heard it, and the 
prison began to shake. When they prayed, the prison 
did not shake ; but when they offered up praise to God, 
the whole prison rocked to its foundation. How many 
prisoners, bound by Satan and sin, had heard the joyful 
sounds, and their bonds had been loosed, as those prison- 
ers were that night! An aged divine in Scotland had 
said one line of praise was better than a whole page of 
prayer. In conclusion, Mr. Sankey said it came ill from 
him to speak to those good men present in the way of 
offering advice, but they did need to reach the young 
men, and to lead them away from the world into the 
Christian Church. He then asked the meeting to join 
with him in the blessed hymn he loved so much, sung 
in Scotland, the " Old Hundredth Psalm." 

Mr. Sankey gave the hymn commencing "I have en- 
tered the valley of blessing so sweet." 

The Eev. PI. Morgan, of Edinburgh, said he was glad 
to come and bear testimony that "the Lord had done a 
great thing for them " in Edinburgh, and in Scotland. 
It had been in Scotland a year of praise. There had 
been more heart -singing in Scotland during the last 



BIBMINOHAM. 805 

twelve months than for a generation before. The Gos- 
pel had been carried to places where before it was scarce- 
ly heard, and young men who could not speak for Christ 
had been inspired to sing for him ; and many hearts 
were won to Christ by some sweet song by one whose 
heart was attuned by the Spirit. The visit of Messrs. 
Moody and Sankey was a grand thing for them in Scot- 
land, and it bad been wonderfully successful, and espe- 
cially had it wrought a wonderful change in tbe singing, 
for they had no doubt heard that Scotch singing was 
rather gloomy and sad in its nature. In conclusion, he 
prayed God to bless Birmingham as tie had blessed Edin- 
burgh. 

Hymn 49 was sung by the congregation ; and the 
Eev. E. K Keeling, of Manchester, addressed the meet- 
ing. He said that during the last two months there was 
a unity among the Christian churches sucb as six months 
ago would not have been thought possible. And since 
Messrs. Moody and Sankey had left them they had even 
more cause to be thankful than during their visit. Their 
Monday prayer-meetings, held in the Free Trade Hall, 
were largely attended, and they continually received re- 
ports of the spread of the work. 

SECOND HOUR. — MR. MOODY ON CHRISTIAN WORK. 

Mr. Moody opened the second meeting immediately 
after the close of the first with a brief prayer of thanks 
for the good news they had heard, hoping the good work 
would continue; and for blessings on the services, trust- 
ing that a fire wo-uld be kindled that would spread to 
every town and city in England. Mr. Sankey having 
sung the 18th hymn, Mr. Moody said the subject for the 



806 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

next hour's meeting was "Work." He then called their 
attention to John xv., 7-11, and Titns ii., 2, etc. The 
man who thoroughly knew the Bible could not help but 
work for God. They could not get water out of a dry 
well. But if the word was in their hearts, then the Holy 
Ghost will be as a fire within them, and, like Samson's 
foxes with their tails on fire, would set the Philistines' 
corn on fire. He then alluded to the water used by 
John the Baptist in baptism, the living water of the well 
of Samaria, which, as soon as it bubbled up in the breast 
of a woman, she went to the town and told every body. 
One man might have no gold, but only silver ; another 
might have brass, and another only oil ; but they were 
all useful in constructing the ark and tabernacle. In 
2 Thessalonians ii., 17, Paul said, "And stablish you in 
every good word and work." Men very often establish 
themselves in their own conceit. One day a little boy 
who had been converted said to his parent, "Father, you 
are a Christian, an't you?" "Yes." "Well, you never 
sing, and you never talk about Christ ; and then you 
don't go to the prayer-meetings." " Oh, I have got estab- 
lished now," said the father; " I am not carried away by 
every new doctrine." There were a great many who es- 
tablished themselves in like manner. 

A hymn was sung by Mr. Sankey, and, after prayer, 
the next meeting was proceeded with. 

THIRD HOUR. — HOW TO CONDUCT PRAYER-MEETINGS. 

The 66th hymn was sung, and the congregation bow- 
ed their heads for a few minutes in silent prayer. The 
Eev. C. D. Snepp and Mr. Moody prayed that the bless- 
ing of God might attend all Christian workers. 



BIRMINGHAM. 807 

Mr. Moody stated that during the next hour he want- 
ed to talk a little about prayer-meetings. There were a 
few things which his friends in England might learn from 
America, and there were many things they would like to 
have in America which existed in England. They would 
like their country people to give a good deal more atten- 
tion to the study of the Bible : that was a leaf he want- 
ed to take out of the English book. But the prayer- 
meetings in America, as a general rule, were much bet- 
ter than in England. When the revival of 1857 and 
1858 took place, and half a million were brought into 
the Church, a great many people discussed the question, 
" Is it going to last?" and a good many thought it was 
only like a moving cloud that would soon be gone. But 
their experience of that work was that they found of their 
most eminent men. Sabbath-school superintendents, and 
elders, a great part were converted at that time. We 
lived in wonderful days. We could not tell what was 
before us. Every post brought tidings of success in 
towns and villaojes throuojhout the United Kinsrdom. 
There never was a time when people wanted to hear the 
Gospel as they did now. 

A great many of the rooms in England in which prayer- 
meetings were held were dark and gloomy, not well light- 
ed, and often not clean and cheerful, and often they were 
used as day-schools. It made a man gloomy and sleepy 
in spite of himself, and the minister could not make out 
how it was people were so drowsy. They needed venti- 
lation. And then they should not allow the people to 
sit all over the room, as if afraid to touch one another. 
He particularly asked them to guard against all stiffness 
and formality in the conduct of the meetings. They 



808 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

should make their prayers short and pithy, and endeav- 
or to get people to earnestly assist in the work. People 
would say this was enthusiasm. Do not be so afraid of 
enthusiasm. 

One good plan with regard to these meetings was for 
the minister to announce from the pulpit a certain por- 
tion of Scripture as the subject of the next prayer-meet- 
ing, and ask somebody to speak on it. It was well to 
hold a praise-meeting once in a while, and let the people 
utter praises to God, and have a variety in the meetings. 
If a man went into a business and he found it did not 
do, he tried another ; and, in the name of common sense, 
if one way would not bring people to their meetings, try 
another. Why should not the young convert be allow- 
ed to come to the social prayer-meeting and tell what the 
Lord was doing? A good many people did not believe 
in written requests, but if he had a son who was a way- 
ward boy, he did not see why he should not come and 
ask that meeting to pray for the boy.* He would ask 
them, to expect great things from God, and they would 
not be disappointed. 

Mr. Chown (Bradford) engaged in prayer, and the 58d 
hymn was sung by the congregation. 

Eev. Mr. Best (Dublin) bore out the accounts already 
given of the revival movement in Ireland, and stated 
that prayer had been wonderfully answered there. He 
believed they had had larger meetings in Dublin than 
any held elsewhere perhaps, people having come from 
all parts of the provinces, staying in the city for days 
on purpose to take part in the meetings. The hymns of 
Mr. Sankey were being sung all over the country with 
great heartiness, and he had heard many speak of the 



■^BIEMINGRAM. ' 809 

message their dear Brothers Moody and Sankey brought 
home to their hearts. Messrs. Moody and Sankey's 
names would be remembered in connection with the 
Church history of Ireland, and he was sure if ever they 
returned they would be most enthusiastically welcomed. 

Mr. Moody offered up a prayer, beseeching God to re- 
vive his work in this country. He returned thanks for 
the gracious revival now going on in Ireland, Scotland, 
and England, and he implored God to prepare the way 
for them, in Liverpool and in London. He asked that 
London might be shaken as it never had been before, 
and that a great work might go on there during the next 
few months which would shake the world. 

There was then an interval of five minutes, to allow 
persons to retire who wished to do so, after which Mr. 
R W. Dale offered up a prayer, thanking God for all the 
manifestations of his mercy and power which had been 
witnessed in that town during the last few days, and 
praising the Almighty that his promises, which had often 
been forgotten on earth, had at no time been forgotten in 
heaven. 

Question for the next hour, ''How to reach the Mass- 
es." Eev. R. W. Dale spoke with great force and elo- 
quence as follows : " Some people were always talking as 
though among the working classes of this country there 
was definite disbelief, and as though they had never heard 
the Gospel. That was a false impression. Why, vast 
numbers of these people had not to be taught to enter 
the church for the first time. A vast proportion of the 
working people of this country had been trained in 
Sunday-schools. They were once under power of the 
Church, and the Church let them go. 



310 ' THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

" How were they to prepare for the great work of 
reaching, not the masses of the people in a particular 
town, but the whole race? The Lord told his apostles, 
who were charged with this great duty, to wait in Jeru- 
salem until the power came upon them from above, and 
he believed that what we most of all want were not new 
methods, but new means of power — not new plans of 
preaching the Gospel, but new faith in the Grospel — and 
when once we had the Lord Jesus Christ with us, and 
were conscious of his presence with us, we might depend 
upon it the common people, who heard him gladly in 
the days of his flesh, would hear him gladly still when 
he preached through the lips of his ministers. 

"There was not any need, when the Lord was giving 
sight to the blind, and raising the dead to life, for the 
disciples to have held conferences in order to consider 
how the news should travel. It went itself. The Mas- 
ter told the man that he should say nothing about it ; but 
he could not help talking about it, and so brought large 
crowds about Him, even at a time when He desired to be 
in solitude. The people whom he had seen in the gal- 
leries of that hall night after night did not need to be 
preached to about telling their neighbors as to what they 
had found in the Lord Jesus Christ. He had seen men 
who came to that hall without any religious thought or 
anxiety, struck by the power of truth, passing away, 
when the service was over, with hearts overflowing with 
good, because the earth had become fall of unearthly 
beauty, and all heaven was brought to them in the light 
of God. 

"Let the Holy Ghost be with them, and no matter 
what their methods were, or their plans, they might be 



BIRMINGHAM. ' 811 

sure of this, that the results of that power would be such 
as to compel the vast masses to come and receive the 
truth. When the Spirit came to the unlearned fisher- 
men of Galilee, the power of speaking in other tongues 
was given to them ; but we should not require to speak, 
except in a language that should touch the hearts and 
startle the consciences of the masses. Some time ago 
a gentleman in this town drew an illustration, and he 
said that when the child's foot grew thej must get a big- 
ger shoe. They must not keep their old forms and old 
methods, if they found them painful and restrictive; but 
they must not get a bigger shoe than the child's foot 
wanted. Let the forms and life go together. If they 
tried to get methods of work for which they had not the 
life, they would find that they were worse off than before. 
So far as he knew, Christ did not give any form of ec- 
clesiastical government to the Church, but only life and 
light to work out the great power with which it w^as 
charged. He should like to finish what he had to say 
by referring to the motto on the other side of that hall : 
* Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain 
thee.' In the first place, it was not their burden. If 
they were to cast their own burdens upon the Lord, much 
more it would be better for them, for it was for him to 
save men from sin and practical death. They must 
preach the Gospel, believing they were doing Christ's 
work — that it was Christ's concern to make converts — 
and they would have Christ's blessing," 

Mr. Moody was as practical as ever in his answers to 
the questions sent in ; and, if those who sent them will 
only apply those answers, we think the hour devoted to 
the "Question Drawer" will be the most fruitful of any. 



812 TEE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

BINGLEY HALL. 

At the meeting in Bingley Hall on Friday evening, 
Mr. Moody said: "I was very dejected last night. Our 
meetings have been so much blessed that an effort was 
put forth to get Bingley Hall for another week. When 
we got home last evening, we found a dispatch from a 
gentleman, saying we could not have the hall. I was 
greatly depressed all day. Now, however, I have just 
been told we may yet obtain the hall for another week. 
But the committee are wavering a little, as they have 
some fears the people will not come out to the meetings 
next week. We have had good committees wherever we 
have been ; but we have never had a better committee 
than the Birmingham one, and I know they will come 
to a wise decision. But if you are anxious about your 
souls, you'll attend the meetings. We'll get several gen- 
tlemen to speak, and we hope you'll rally round them 
and the committee. We have had great blessings in 
other towns; but I think we never met with any thing 
that came up to this — to our meetings in Birmingham. 
I must say I've never enjoyed preaching the Gospel 
more than I have done since we came to Birmingham. 
We've reached so many people. I only wish we could 
have such a hall wherever we go. I think if we could 
only take up Bingley Hall, we would carry it round the 
world with us, as a place in which to preach the Gospel 
to all men. But I would like you Birmingham people 
to go with us. Well, then, if we do our best to get 
speakers for another week, will you do your best to get 
hearers for the speakers?" (Many cries of "Yes, yes.") 
"Well, keep your promise. Why, almost any man 



BIRMINOHAM, 813 

could speak in this hall to such a meeting as this. The 
very sight of you is sufficient to make a dog bark. 
I'll telegraph off to Liverpool and London to send us all 
the help they can. There will be a service on Sunday 
afternoon, when one of your own ministers will preach. 
On Monday night you'll have a thanksgiving service. 
Come to it to thank God for having answered our 
prayers to bless these meetings. Has God not answered 
your prayers?" (Cries of "Yes, yes.") " Then on Tues- 
day we'll get some one else to speak. On Wednesday 
there will be the usual services in the churches and chap- 
els. On Thursday night there will be another speaker. 
On Friday I will come back, on my way to Liverpool, 
and we'll have a meeting for all the converts. JSTow, let 
all rise who will support the committee and attend the 
different meetings." (Almost the entire audience stood 
up in response to this appeal.) "Yes; the committee are 
quite satisfied. We'll go on, then. Pray there may be 
hundreds and thousands converted next week. If things 
do not always please you, don't complain; just pray. 
Pray for a great blessing next week." 

INQUIRY-MEETINGS. 

Mr. Moody remarked that perhaps there was nothing 
so much spoken against as inquiry-meetings. His desire 
was to remove any prejudice which existed upon this 
matter. He invited the meeting to turn to the third 
chapter of St. Luke, and pointed out that in the ninth 
verse it was stated, "And now, also, the axe is laid unto 
the root of the tree ; every tree therefore which bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 
And the people asked him, saying. What shall we do 

14 



814 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

then?" Mr. Moody said that was an inquiry-meeting. 
He referred to the baptism of the publican who said, 
''What shall we do?" That was another inquiry. He 
(the speaker) had often been amazed with some people 
who had sat under the Gospel for years, but did not 
know their right hand from their left in religious mat- 
ters. After quoting some other passages in illustration 
of the spirit of inquiry which characterized the people in 
the time of Christ, Mr. Moody alluded to the not uncom- 
mon expression of opinion that the institution of inqui- 
ry-meetings meant the establishment of the confessional. 
Such an opinion was the result of ignorance; and he 
contended that the inquiry-room was not a place of con- 
fession, and that if they had more inquiry- meetings 
people would not be drifting so much toward Kome. 
Preaching would be better if they had more inquiry- 
meetings, and the plan of salvation would be more eluci- 
dated. He gave some further examples from the Gos- 
pels, showing the results of inquiry of Christ, who was 
constantly having inquiry-meetings, such meetings being 
perfectly Scriptural. The Lord could convert every soul 
in Birmingham without the help of the people of the 
town, but he would have them bear in mind that he did 
not. They must remember that it was an exalted privi- 
lege to be a co-worker with Christ. One inquiry meet- 
ing was better than a great deal of preaching. He would 
tell them what Birmingham wanted — a thousand Chris- 
tian workers in Bingley Hall that night, that they might 
be looking out for people watching for salvation. They 
would find inquirers every night. Last night there were 
inquirers trembling from head to foot, as though they 
were afraid their names would get into the daily papers. 



BIRMINGHAM. 315 

He suggested that they should endeavor to remove all 
prejudice; that young men should speak to young men, 
that young maidens should speak to young maidens, with 
a view of helping one another and those who were un- 
der conviction. There had been a hundred blessed in 
their inquiry-meetings while one had been blessed in the 
first meeting. The second meeting was where the way 
was explained and difficulty removed. An inquiry- 
meeting would do more than a five-hours' sermon. 

INCIDENTS, ETC., RELATED AT THE MEETINGS. 

Mr. Moody read and spoke at noon on Gen. xxxii., 
24-30 : "And Jacob was left alone." Jacob prevailed 
when alone. Every one of us should be a little more 
alone with God for meditation and prayer. A man 
wrestled with Jacob, and when Jacob had had his thigh 
'put out of joint he still held on to him. "I will not let 
thee go, except thou bless me." To be emptied of self, 
and powerless, and yet to hold on, is the way to win— the 
way to get a blessing for ourselves and others. 

A little boy was dying, and he said to his minister 
that he would like to do something for Jesus before he 
died, to show his gratitude for what he had done for 
him. The minister said he could work for Jesus if he 
put down on paper the names of all those he wished 
brought to Christ, and prayed for the conversion of each. 

The minister went away, and forgot the matter ; not 
so the boy. Shortly there arose a revival of religion in 
that district, and special meetings were held. The fa- 
ther of the boy, a godly man, took part in them, and ev- 
ery night when he returned home his son inquired with 
an intense interest, which surprised him, about this one 



316 THE WORK OF GOD IN QBE AT BEITAJK 

and that one, if he had been impressed, or she had come 
to Christ, and when the answer was "No," he just turn- 
ed to the wall and prayed. The little boy died, and un- 
der his pillow was found a paper containing a list of 
fifty -six names for whom he prayed, all of whom had 
been brought to Christ. Let us labor fervently in 
prayer, and God will bless. 

ANOTHER INCIDENT ILLUSTRATES GOD's LOVE, 

I know of no one of the many blessed hymns which has 
more struck the heart and arrested attention than that 
sweet one whose chorus begins, "Oh, 'twas love, ^twas 
wondrous love, the love of God to me." This love and 
its manifestation are the theme of every sermon, and, of 
course, God owns it. Ministers wonder at failure, and 
try to discover the cause ; a week of services such as Bir- 
mingham has had for the last fortnight, I think, must an- 
swer the question, '^ What is the cause of failure ?" for we 
have seen in the crowded meetings, in the overwhelming 
number of anxious ones, in the utter breaking-down of 
strong men, the secret of success. The wondrous love of 
God has been the weapon which has been used ; failure in 
using this weapon has been the cause of failure in result. 
Never has Birmingham been so mightily moved ; in the 
workshops Sankey's songs are sung, and men who cared 
for none of these things are anxiously inquiring after the 
good news. Oh, may our God carry on the work begun 
with mighty power! 

Two and a half years ago, Mr. Moody and some oth- 
ers were in an upper room in Dublin, where they spent 
almost the whole night in prayer for God's Spirit. Al- 
most QYevj one who was present that night has since 



BIRMINGHAM. 317 

that time been made a blessing to others. The Spirit 
was very manifestly present that evening; I know Mr. 
Moody was delighted with it. He said of it, that the 
Spirit was there in great power. Now this is what you 
want: get near to God and keep there. Do not leave 
until you get the blessing. God says unto us, " If thou 
wouldst believe, thou shalt see the glory of God." He 
will make bare his holy arm, and do great things for us. 

Kev. R Stephens said : " I heard Mr. Moody last Fri- 
day tell the story of the miller floating down the river 
toward the rapids, and who seized the twig and held on 
until a rope was lowered to him ; then he let the twig go 
at once, and, grasping the rope, was saved. When I 
heard this story I was forcibly reminded of a somewhat 
similar case, which I had heard from the lips of the min- 
ister who was the means of leading me at first to salva- 
tion : 

"A man of intelligence and good education, who had 
for a long time been under deep conviction of sin, was 
very anxious to find peace. He tried to accept it as it 
was offered, but somehow he could not. You have often 
noticed how the engrossing thoughts of the day will visit 
us in our dreams. One night he dreamed that he was 
walking along the edge of a terrible precipice, and fell 
over into a horrible abyss. As he was falling, he grasped 
a little branch of some bush that was growing half-way 
down. There he hung, and cried for help. He could 
feel the branch giving way. He looked into the black 
yawning gulf beneath, and again cried out for help. 
Looking up, he saw, in his dream, Christ standing on the 
edge, and saying, ' Let go the twig, and I will save you.' 
Looking at the terrible abyss below, he could not. He 



818 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIK 

cried again, and again came the same answer. At length 
he felt the branch slipping, and in the utter desperate- 
ness of his despair he let go the branch, when, lo! in 
an instant the arms of Jesus were about him, and he was 
safe. He awoke. It was but a dream ; but it made 
such an impression on him, that, casting away every 
thought of self, he cast himself upon Jesus, and found at 
once the long-sought peace. Let every one learn to let 
go the branch, let go every earthly hope, and he will fall 
into the Saviour's arms." 

A Gospel address in the evening concluded the first 
week's labor in Biruiingham — a week long to be remem- 
bered by thousands in this large town. It is a solemn 
thought that the death-rate in Birmingham for a great 
many weeks has run from thirty to forty per thousand. 
At this rate, four hundred and fifty of those assembled 
at any one meeting in that hall may be appointed to 
death this year — may never see its close ! May the liv- 
ing lay it to heart ! 

On Sunday last, in the course of an address to upward 
of ten thousand men in the Victoria Hall, Mr. Moody, in 
enforcing the character of Christ as a Saviour, said that 
he could save a man from the sin of drunkenness. Some 
persons had asked if he (Mr. Moody) was a teetotaller, 
and, if he was, to speak out and say so. He meant to 
tell them that night. He was a teetotaller, and he prayed 
God most earnestly that all men might be delivered 
from the curse of strong drink. [This expression of 
opinion was followed by a loud clapping of hands and 
stamping of feet throughout the building, which were 
silenced when Mr. Moody exclaimed, "Don't clap your 
liands and make a noise, but become teetotallers."] With 



BIRMINGHAM. 819 

regard to drink, he further remarked that some people 
said they could not do a day's work without drink ; for 
himself he found he could do best without it, and he did 
not mean to touch it. 

A young apprentice who had been quite careless was 
arrested by the statement, in the parable of the Talents, 
that the one talent of the slothful servant was taken from 
him, and given to him who had ten talents. This was 
a doom which he felt he had incurred, and he became 
deeply anxious. He tried to conceal his emotion, but 
at family worship he broke down and cried for mercy. 
He was taken to a room by himself, and was told to read 
aloud John iii., 16, " God so loved the world," etc., and 
was asked if it met his case. " No," he said. " Then 
read it again." He did so ten times. Then he was told 
to read the last portion alone, "That vjliosoever^^ etc. He 
then fell on his knees, exclaiming, "Lord, I thank thee 
for saving my soul !" He then ran to his master, and 
cried, " The Lord has taken away all my sin !" He sung 
hymns till he was tired ; and when people said he was 
excited, he said, " How can I be otherwise, when I feel 
I have been saved from the grasp of the wicked one?" 
Next morning a customer came into the shop, and the 
lad's salutation was, " I am saved !" He still goes on re- 
joicing in Christ. 

Parents have been aroused to more fervent prayer and 
expectation that God would bless their children and draw 
them to himself. Speaking to a Christian mother about 
her four children, who had long been the objects of our 

prayerful interest, I said, "Has said any thing to 

you ?" " No, sir." " Has spoken to you ?" " No, 

sir; why?" "Has , the third, told you any thing? 



820 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

Has ?" mentioning the youngest, a dear youth of 

sixteen. "No, sir," said the mother, her eyes filling with 
tears. " My dear friend, they have each been to me, and 
avowed their faith in and love to Jesus as their Saviour. 
Mr. Moody's meetings for inquirers have been greatly 
blessed to them." "Oh, sir," said the mother, "I felt it 
must be so; for I was sure God would answer our 
prayers." 

What more delightful than to listen to the record of 
a Sabbath's work for the Master 1 A clergyman of a 
neighboring church, after gratefully acknowledging the 
health and blessing brought to his own soul, said that 
after evening service he asked any. anxious about their 
souls' salvation to meet him in the adjoining school- 
room. To his great joy, some fifty assembled. A Wes- 
leyan minister said that no such sight had been seen in 
his chapel for years as on that Sunday. After the even- 
ing service, he invited all who wished to become Chris- 
tians and there and then to give themselves to Grod, to 
come forward to the front seats. Some thirty at once 
responded, young men, young women, with some elder 
people from the congregation. A minister of the Meth- 
odist Free Church declared that Lord's Day to have 
been one of the happiest in his life. Having announced 
from the pulpit during morning service that he would 
be in the class-room in the afternoon to meet inquirers, 
what was his delight at finding the room filled ! So also 
a Presbyterian minister, after a day of solemn, happy 
worship, was waited upon at its close by nine anxious 
inquirers in his vestry. 

Mr. Moody stated that a man present had come seven- 
ty miles in the hope of being saved at the meetings. He 



BIRMINGHAM. 821 

would go home that evening. Mr. Moody appealed to 
him to trust in Christ, and gave an incident of a young 
lady in America who came to himself, and said she wish- 
ed to be saved, but was sick of hearing " Believe ;" but 
when urged to "trust Jesus for the salvation of her soul," 
she answered yet, " I do not feel ;" when told, " Never 
mind your feelings — trust," she shook hands with the 
church officers, and said, " I trust Jesus to save my soul," 
and was next day a happy convert. Mr. Moody urged 
him who had come to find Jesus to do the same, and he 
would be a new man. 

Messrs. Moody and Sankey's farewell service at Bir- 
mingham was held on Friday evening, when the Bingley 
Hall was once rnore crowded to its utmost, nearly six- 
teen hundred converts' tickets being applied for. It 
would be manifestly premature to assert that this num- 
ber of people have been converted during the previous 
three weeks' services. As Mr. Moody said at the Con- 
ference in London, on the same day, they did not desire 
to reckon up the number of converts, because they could 
not judge of the reality of the cases. At the same time, 
we think it very probable that many have been brought 
savingly to believe in Christ who did not apply for con- 
verts' tickets. In any case, the progress of the move- 
ment in Birmingham has been such as greatly to encour- 
age and cheer our American brethren and those who 
helped them in their labors ; and we respond to Mr. 
Moody's hope that it may " continue for a year." 

Mr. Moody's address to the converts was, as usual, 
most fitting. Pointing them to the true and only source 
of abiding strength, he warned them of the dangers 
ahead ; and we hope his words will dwell in their hearts 

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822 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

for many a year to come. His parting sentences were the 
expression of affectionate regard, and it was plain, from 
the demeanor of the audience, that the parting on their 
side was a most reluctant one. 

Mr. Sankey sung the farewell hymn with great pathos 
and feeling; and on leaving the hall both he and Mr. 
Moody were besieged with friends anxious to receive a 
parting shake of the hand. They proceeded to Liver- 
pool on Saturday. 

Messrs. Moody and Sankey have finished their term 
here, and retire for a week to rest, before they enter on 
their engagements in Liverpool. The last three days 
have certainly been the most impressive we have had. 
Evidently the Lord has been on the scene. If we don't 
take that view of the unparalleled movement in the his- 
tory of Birmingham, we are even at a greater loss to ac- 
count for it than the world itself That there will be 
much that will pass away with the men as they go will 
prove nothing against those who stand, and will be noth- 
ing worse than what happened in our Saviour's time, 
when "many went back, and walked no more with -him.'' 

But, separating the chaff from the wheat, we have 
these /owr great blessings left : 

1st. Christians have learned to love one another, and 
work together for one common object — the salvation of 
souls. 

2d. A great quickening of the divine life in the souls 
of believers. We have learned to pray more, to watch 
more closely, to work more earnestly for God. 

8d. Many souls have been converted of whom there 
is no doubt. Their works bear witness that they are 
born of God. 



BIRMINGHAM. 823 

4th. Yast numbers have heard the Word, who, al- 
though they have not yet found the Lord, may be led to 
think, to believe, to praise God for his salvation. 

May our hearts be tuned to sing the praise of our dear 
Lord Jesus Christ, and yield to him the full tribute of 
affection and service ! 

The evening meeting was even more numerously at- 
tended than any previous one. The time for commen- 
cing the meeting was half-past seven ; but before seven 
the vast hall was crowded in every part, and the doors 
were with some difficulty closed, some thousands being 
shut out. By about a quarter-past seven the whole of 
the approaches to Bingley Hall were blocked up with 
an immense crowd. 

Mr. Moody lectured on "Heaven," saying, in conclu- 
sion, that he trusted many hundreds would that night 
have their names recorded in heaven. He called upon 
Mr. Sankey, w^ho sung the very appropriate hymn, " Come, 
home, come home !" 

Mr. Moody said there was such a crowd outside he 
didn't well know how those present would manage to 
leave the hall. He requested those who wished for spe- 
cial prayer to be made for them to stand up. Several 
complied, but it was impossible to form any estimate as 
to the number, so many standing simply because they 
had not been enabled to obtain seats. Mr. E. W. Dale 
and Mr. Moody engaged in prayer for the converts and 
inquirers, and Mr. Moody then invited the latter to go 
with him to St. Mark's Church. On the previous even- 
ing, he said, an hour was lost in clearing the galleries, 
and he hoped all those who were at all anxious about 
their souls would follow him directly to St. Mark's. Sev- 



824 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN, 

eral hundreds took advantage of the invitation as soon as 
they were able to penetrate the crowds that besieged the 
doors, and a very large meeting of inquirers was held 
there. 

On Friday, the 29th, the labors of the evangelists were 
brought to a close here. At the forenoon meeting Mr. 
Moody delivered his Bible lecture on " The Holy Ghost ;" 
at the afternoon meeting he gave another of his Bible 
lectures, viz., that on "The Blood." In the evening, 
Mr. Moody chose as his parting subject, " The Deluge," 
inviting all present to come into the Ark of Eefnge — 
Jesus Christ. 



LIVERPOOL. 825 



IV. 

LIVERPOOL, 
"Them that honor me, I will honor." — 1 Sam. ii., 30. 

Coming to Liverpool, Mr. Moodj brings with him the 
same modes of action that he has used in the past. Em- 
ploying what are termed new measures, he does not adopt 
a measure because it is new, but because it is effective. 
His supreme and ruling aim is, to save souls; and he 
takes the road that is the shortest to this object. We re- 
gard him as a reformer in measures, as Martin Luther 
was a reformer in doctrines. Luther taught the Church 
the Bible truth, "the just shall live by faith." Moody 
teaches how the just shall work by faith, and the power 
of the Holy Ghost. 

His mission is to break up formalism, and show the 
necessity and power of spirituality. The tendency of hu- 
man nature the world over is to drop down into forms, 
and allow the spiritual flame to burn very low. As Mr. 
Moody has expressed it, Christians get into ruts. He 
abominates ruts. In Christian nations that are full of 
strong defenders of the faith, there have come over many 
of the churches a stiffness and dullness in prayer-meet- 
ings and other services that it was necessary to break up. 
The reformers needed themselves to be reformed. A 
person giving an account of one of Mr. Moody's first 
meetings in Scotland remarked that he was glad to see 
at the meeting that " formality got its neck broken." 



826 THE WORK OF QOB IN GREAT BRITAIN, 

Many good people unconsciously slide into formalism. 
Some dignitaries of the Church in England cautioned 
their people against the measures of Mr. Moody, which 
was certainly quite a natural thing for them to do. In 
the Belfast Witness, February 5th, 1875, we find the fol- 
lowing statement in regard to the Bishop of Manchester : 

" The Bishop of Manchester, preaching on Sunday at 
Bradford, said that though the work done by the Amer- 
ican evangelists might leave an abiding impression, the 
tendency of excitement and impulse was to pass away 
rapidly. Stimulating agencies in religion he always dis- 
trusted, for there was a danger of people acquiring a 
craving for such food, to the neglect of the wholesome 
diet of prayer, communion, and earnest Bible study." 

If the good bishop thinks that Moody and Sankey's 
modes of serving the Lord will lead the people " to the 
neglect of the wholesome diet of prayer, communion, and 
earnest Bible study," we would respectfully ask if he is 
thinking with his eyes and ears open? Pray what are 
these evangelists doing, but giving to the people this 
" wholesome diet?" They may give it in larger quanti- 
ties than some others. They may induce thousands and 
tens of thousands to pray and "study the Bible," w^hich 
has been emphatically their peculiar work, while church 
dignitaries may dispense this diet to a few ; but can we 
think that the Master of the feast is offended at this? 
We are quite sure that the bishop himself would not deny 
the bread of life to perishing souls, though the hands that 
gave it had not received ecclesiastical consecration. 

Some have objected to Mr. Moody because he has not 
been ordained to the ministry by an ecclesiastical body. 
But if he has not passed through the form of " the laying 



LIYEUTOOL. 327 

on of hands," there is abundant evidence that God has laid 
his hand upon him, and commissioned him for his work. 

It is a fact worthy of notice that when God has a spe- 
cial work to accomplish, he raises up his instruments out- 
side of established orders. Many of the ancient proph- 
ets were not called from the ranks of the priesthood, 
but from the humble walks of life. God appointed the 
priests and Levites to minister and serve in the taber- 
nacle and in the temple ; and this ministry with the 
Jews was a divine institution. God ordained sacrifices 
and the offering of incense, etc ; but if the regular min- 
istry grew cold or unfaithful, he could raise up, outside 
of them, a prophet to say to them, " Bring no more vain 
oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new 
moons and sabbaths ; the calling of assemblies, I can not 
away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting" 
(Isaiah i., 13). We may imagine the consternation of the 
regular priests hearing such bold and fiery words; yet 
they have the indorsement of "Thus saith the Lord." 
Now, Brother Moody is mildness itself compared with 
these old prophets. So far as we have heard or read, he 
does not denounce the Church of England, nor the Ko- 
man Catholic Church. He simply clears away the obsta- 
cles that lie between him and immortal souls that are in 
danger of being lost. He simply strives to induce Chris- 
tians to "awake and put on their strength," and, thus 
equipped, to sacrifice all lesser matters to the one object 
of saving souls. 

When Christ was upon the earth he did not select his 
apostles from the priestly ranks, but he took fisher- 
men and others of humble occupations ; and the seal of 
his approbation, that he gave to them in abundantly 



828 THE WORK OF GOD IN ORE AT BRITAIN. 

blessing their labors, has he not, in wonderfully large 
measure, given to these evangelists ? We regard highly 
an apostle — which means, as we know, "one sent;" that 
is, " one sent " of the Lord — and we are inclined to regard 
Mr. Moody as " one sent" of the Lord. Our readers may 
be interested, as we were, in the following catechising 
that Mr. Moody received, as reported in the Belfast 
Witness, February 12th, 1875 : 

"A number of ministers, in addition to the High 
Church Anglicans, ' heckled ' Mr. Moody somewhat se- 
verely. One old minister, who spoke with amazing ve- 
hemence, charged the Chicago evangelist with putting 
temperance in the place of the Gospel. Another wanted 
Mr. Moody to state what his creed was. A third de- 
manded to know if he had any personal interest in a 
weekly periodical called the Christian^ and if he was re- 
sponsible for the reports of the movement as printed in 
that journal. An evangelical clergyman, who wished 
'to be faithful to his ordination vow and to his Lord,' 
said he could not venture to co-operate unless he first 
knew what Mr. Moody thought of the ordinances of Bap- 
tism and the Lord's Supper. Many other questions were 
put, and sometimes half a dozen people were speaking at 
once. The manner in which Mr. Moody comported him- 
self was really admirable. He had a ready reply for all, 
pointed in all cases, and sometimes richly humorous. To 
those who wanted to know his creed, he simply said, 
' You will find it all written down in the fifty-third chap- 
ter of Isaiah, and in much better style than I could give it.' 
His replies were loudly cheered, and it was evident that 
the great bulk of the eighteen hundred gentlemen present 
were in warm sympathy with him." 



LIVERPOOL. 829 

While contemplating the wonderful results of the 
labors of these evangelists, we are not for a moment to 
suppose that there is any the less need of what is termed 
" the regular ministry," or that God is not as ready as he 
ever was to honor its work. He has honored it, and 
will in the future. If the question is one of "regular- 
ity," both classes are regular, for St. Paul, who is certain- 
ly good authority in the Church of England as well as 
among Dissenters, says in his Epistle to the Ephesians 
(iv., 11, 12) : "And he gave some, apostles; and some, 
prophets ; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and 
teachers ; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work 
of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ." 
And when these various divinely appointed laborers 
shall see eye to eye, and work together with faithfulness 
and zeal, the time may not be far distant when we shall 
."all come in the unity of the faith and of a knowledge 
of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure 
of the stature of the fullness of Christ." 

It is a cause of rejoicing that already so many cler- 
gymen of all denominations, including the Episcopal 
Church, are uniting with the evangelists. 

As we remarked, Mr. Moody, in coming to Liverpool, 
adopted the same means that he had used in the past, and 
with the same success. 

These eminent evangelists commenced their labors in 
Liverpool on Sabbath morning under the most encour- 
aging circumstances. The services were well attended ; 
thousands were excluded from the afternoon and even- 
ing meetings from want of accommodation ; the servants 
of God who conducted them spoke and sung with all 
their acknowledged vigor and spirit; th-e people listened 



830 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

with intense earnestness, and seemed thoroughly to real- 
ize the momentous importance of the great subject being 
brought before them. The meetings are being held in 
the Victoria Hall — the new building specially construct- 
ed for the purpose being so named. It is entirely of 
wood, and will cost about four thousand pounds, a large 
sum for a building which is only to be used for a month, 
and taken down at the end of that time. 

It affords accommodation to about eight thousand 
persons, exclusive of platform seats. It is lighted by 
eighty-three windows, and there are no less than twen- 
ty doors for exit, all opening outward. There are five 
staircases for the gallery. Very complete arrangements 
have been made for lighting and warming. Interiorly 
the sides or walls have been covered with canvas, and 
papered with oak paper. Ventilation is provided in the 
roof by two large trunks with outlets. In the rear of the 
large hall are two " inquiry " and meeting rooms, and 
retiring rooms for ladies and gentlemen. About thirty 
thousand cubic feet of timber have been used in the con- 
struction, and three thousand two hundred superficial 
feet of glass. The erection has occupied altogether thir- 
ty-nine working days. 

The first meeting — for Christian workers — was held at 
eight o'clock in the morning, and, though the weather 
was intensely cold and raw, about five or six thousand 
were present. Viewed from the platform, the gathering 
had a very striking appearance. The thousands of in- 
telligent faces, all expressive of deep interest in the pro- 
ceedings, formed a scene long to be remembered. Prob- 
ably so great and so striking a gathering of a similar 
character had never before been seen in Liverpool. The 



LIVERPOOL. 831 

sombre appearance of the building itself was a little re- 
lieved by the red baize around the front of the galleries, 
on which, in large white letters, were the texts, "Believe 
on the Lord Jesus Christ;" "Be ye reconciled to God ;" 
and "Ye must be born again." At the platform end of 
the building were exhibited in still larger letters the 
words, "God is Love." A large number of ministers 
and laymen occupied seats on the platform, where also 
were stationed the choir of young ladies and gentlemen 
who had been specially trained to sing at the service. 

Precisely at eight o'clock the choir, which seemed to 
be excellently trained, the voices being bright and well 
balanced, and skillfully led, commenced the hymn " Jesus 
loves even me." The tune was a joyous one, and the 
audience immediately joined in the singing with much 
fervor. Throughout, the singing of the vast concourse 
of people was most remarkable, and formed a striking 
feature in the service. The majority of the audience 
were evidently skilled in psalmody. They sung with 
rare precision and feeling; one could distinguish an oc- 
casional artistic touch, which showed the trained musi- 
cian, by the skillful introduction of alto and treble voices 
at the right time ; and altogether the effect of the thou- 
sands of voices uplifted in praise — singing in charming 
unison the beautiful, heart-stirring melodies — was grand 
in the extreme, and one that will not soon be forgotten 
by those who had the privilege of listening to it. 

On Monday, the first of a series of midday prayer- 
meetings was held, at which about three thousand peo- 
ple were present. Hymns were sung while the vast au- 
dience was assembling, until noon, when Messrs. Moody 
and Sankey arrived, and the service was opened with 



832 THE WORK OF OOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

praise. Eeading the requests and prayer followed by Mr. 
Drysdale. Mr. Moody then preached from the fifth chap- 
ter of Luke, after which another hymn was sung, prayer 
offered, and the meeting thrown open for any who de- 
sired to speak, and a good many responded to the invi- 
tation. 

The evening meeting was held at half-past seven, and 
was attended by an immense gathering. 

LIVERPOOL AROUSED. 

Sunday, the 14th, was by far the most glorious day 
that we have yet seen ; perhaps one of the most success- 
ful days for the Master's work that Liverpool has ever 
seen. There was a very blessed influence in the early 
morning meeting, which was largely attended. Many 
felt that Mr. Moody's word to believers on that occasion 
came with greater power than in any previous address 
of his in Liverpool. At eleven o'clock the hall was well 
filled with a motley congregation, consisting of persons 
who had been admitted by a ticket on the statement that 
they were not in the habit of attending a place of wor- 
ship. The congregation was not, however, composed en- 
tirely, or even mainly, of the lowest grade of the popula- 
tion ; for a large number of persons who seemed to be- 
long to the respectable mechanic class (of whom it must 
be admitted a very large number answer to the descrip- 
tion indicated by the ticket) were present. All witness- 
es agree that there was a most extraordinary manifes- 
tation of spiritual power in this meeting. The number 
of persons who rose up at its close, in response to Mr. 
Moody's invitation, and invited the prayers of the assem- 
bly on their behalf, was far larger than on any previous 



LIVERPOOL. 333 

occasion. A clergyman informed me that he counted 
not less than two hundred and fifty persons afterward in 
the inquirers' room, and there were many more in other 
places. 

In- the afternoon the hall was crowded with women, 
and again a deep impression was produced. In the even- 
ing it was again crowded, this time with men, and hun- 
dreds went away who could not gain admission. There 
could not have been less than from eleven to twelve 
thousand men packed into the building. The results 
of the message may be judged from the fact that not less 
than three hundred and fifty men were counted in the 
inquirers' room. A supplementary meeting for men only 
was held in the course of the afternoon in St. James's Hall, 
where it was computed that fully seventeen hundred 
men were present. Here, again, the power of God's 
Spirit was very sensibly felt by all. The addresses were 
delivered by the Kevs. Thomas Macpherson and W. Hay 
M'D. Aitken. There was no time for an " after meet- 
ing;" but it was satisfactory to find afterward that a 
considerable number of those who attended in the after- 
noon were found in the inquirers' room in the evening. 
Nobody could witness the services that day without feel- 
ing that Liverpool was stirred to its very centre. 

Steadily and mightily the 'interest increased, until the 
third week, of which we have the following account, Feb- 
ruary 2d : 

" Messrs. Moody and Sankey have concluded another 
week of their evangelistic labors with the same, if not 
more, blessed results. The tide of revival influence has 
risen powerfully during the past week, and in every part 
of this large city its waves are rapidly flowing. The in- 



834 THE WOBK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

terest created bj these services may be judged from the 
fact that the average attendance daily amounts to twenty 
thousand people, without the various prayer and inquiry 
meetings, while thousands are daily unable to gain ad- 
mission. A deep, anxious feeling is evident among the 
masses of the population, thousands of whom date their 
conversion from the recent meetings. In surrounding 
country districts, where the news of the great religious 
movement has spread, the people have been aroused, and 
in many places an awakening has broken out. A great 
improvement has taken place in the attendance at near- 
ly all the places of worship, and this is one of the many 
direct results that have followed Messrs. Moody and San- 
key's visit. Mr. Sankey's singing has been made the 
blessed instrument in arousing many to think of their 
spiritual condition, and cry out, like the Philippian jail- 
er, 'What must I do to be saved?' Conviction of sin 
by this means alone has entered many a sin-sick soul, 
and pointed it to the Great Physician. 

" Owing to the severe exertions of both these evangel- 
ists during the week, they took a day's rest on Saturday, 
and did not take part in any of the three meetings held 
on that day, all of which were remarkably well attended, 
especially the three o'clock service, which was chiefly for 
Sabbath-school children. The Christian workers' meet- 
ing on Sunday morning was crowded, at which Mr. 
Moody gave a practical and impressive address on the 
subject ' To every Man his Work,' About seven thou- 
sand attended the eleven o'clock meeting, when Mr. 
Moody spoke from the text, ' He was wounded for our 
transgressions,' vividly describing the trial, condemna- 
tion, and crucifixion of our Lord. At the close of the 



LIVERPOOL. ^^o 

address Mr. Moodj called on all who wislied to become 
Christians to stand up, and a large number rose, includ- 
ing two old gypsy women, who were prayed for. At the 
three o'clock meeting for women a sermon on ' What 
Christ is to us,' was preached by Mr. Moody, which text 
he forcibly applied to his hearers, making a special ap- 
peal to mothers. At the men's meeting at seven o'clock 
upward of eight thousand were present. Mr. Moody 
presided, and gave an earnest and effective address. Mr. 
Sankey was present at all these services, and sung sev- 
eral solos. 

"The noonday prayer-meeting on Monday was attend- 
ed by an unusually large number of people, many of 
whom had come from Wales. The Eev. T. Macpher- 
son read the requests for prayer, and prayer was offered 
in behalf of the evangelistic work in London and else- 
where by the Eev. G. Eobinson, of St. Augustine's. Mr. 
Moody then spoke from the twelfth chapter of Isaiah, and 
in the course of his address asked : Was the work which 
was now going on in Liverpool the work of God or of 
man ? Was it the work of God or of Satan ? It must 
be one or the other. It must be either God's work or 
the devil's work ; and if it was Satan's work, then it 
followed that every Christian man that was standing 
out was right in standing out to work against it ; but 
if it was the work of God, he (Mr. Moody) contended 
that every Christian man should come into the work. 
After speaking of the successful results of the revival 
meetings which were held in New York, and how the 
movement spread throughout America, Mr. Moody ex- 
pressed his firm belief that what was now going on from 
day to day was the doing of God, and not of man ; he be- 



836 THE WORK OF QOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

lieved that we were living in days that our forefathers 
looked for and prayed for, and wished to see. He be- 
lieved there were thousands of persons in Liverpool now 
convinced of sin, and anxious about their souls' welfare. 
He believed the world was much more roused than the 
Church ; would to God that the Church might be roused ! 
Mr. Moody then announced that the meeting would be 
thrown open in order that they might receive reports of 
the Lord's work, and he was glad to see so many min- 
isters and peo})le from Wales. Let them hope they 
would go back with their hearts on fire, and let good 
tidings go throughout Wales of the great and mighty 
work." 

More than six thousand persons attended the noon 
prayer-meeting on Tuesday. After the opening services 
of praise and prayer, the requests were read, which were 
several hundred in number. The Kev. Gr. Kobinson fol- 
lowed with an interesting report of the progress and suc- 
cess of the Lord's work in his own church (St. Augus- 
tine's). A gentleman from Dublin, in giving him an ac- 
count of the revival there, mentioned the case of a Eo- 
man Catholic lady who, while reading one of the Moody 
and Sankey hymns in a railway carriage, was startled 
by some one speaking to her, she having thought she 
was alone. The person said to her, " I see what you are 
about." She looked up, and was startled to find it was 
her father-confessor, a Roman Catholic priest, and he said 
to her, "Don't be startled; I have been myself to those 
meetings in Dublin, and I have reason to be thankful 
and bless God for them." Taking the book out of her 
hand, he opened it at the hymn, "Jesus the Water of Life 
has given," and said it was when that hymn was sung in 



LIVERPOOL. 337 

the Exhibition Building, Dublin, that God took away the 
burden of his sins; and he said, "Now I am going over 
to England to hear the services of those two good men 
in Manchester, and I shall never return again as a Eom- 
ish priest to Ireland: God has burst the bond." The 
afternoon service was chiefly occupied with reports from 
different parts of Scotland and Ireland, giving most en- 
couraging details of the spiritual woi'k. 

The arousing of old slow-paced Christians is somewhat 
astounding. The number of Roman Catholics astonishes 
all the workers. The Belfast Witness stated, from its 
Dublin correspondent, that two thousand Roman Catho- 
lics are reckoned as present in the large meetings, say 
one-fourth of the whole attendance ; and at the beginning 
of the meetings Mr. Moody said that there were more 
Roman Catholics in the inquiry-room than of any other 
denomination. 

A young servant in one of the inquiry-meetings in 
Dublin was heard to sa}', " I was a Roman Catholic, but 
I find that I need not go to the priest now to confess .... 
just tell me what the Bible says about it." One or two 
passages were found : 1 John i., 9, and " There is one 
Mediator," etc.; "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
thou shalt be saved" — saved ^^from your sins," "Are 
you sure," was the reply, "that this is sufficient for me — 
that if I believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, I have sal- 
vation ?" The verse was found, and she read it aloud. 
"Oh! I do, I do, I do with all my heart, and I don't 
want any thing else now. Tell me, did you say I should 
find in the Bible every thing I want? Oh, how nice! 
that's good ! I have never read a word of it; but I will 
have one now, and I'll never want to go to chapel again, 



838 THE WORK OF GOB IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

nor go to confession. I'll find all I want Aere/" pressing 
the Bible in her hand. 

The Birmingham correspondent of the Times of Bless- 
ing, March 4th, 1875, says : " Sunday next will close the 
visit of our beloved and honored friends to this great 
town. God grant that this last week may surpass the 
previous three in blessing! Liverpool has been expect- 
ing great things, and the Lord has in mercy heard the 
cry of his children. Truly he hath spoken good con- 
cerning Liverpool. The tide of blessing has been stead- 
ily rising. What the prophet saw only in vision, we 
have seen in fact. The waters of grace, which at first 
reached only to the ankles, and then to the knees, have 
now risen over the loins, and they are a river to swim in. 
Thousands feel, as they have never felt before, that Liv- 
erpool, with the district around it, is in the mighty and 
loving hand of God. The special meetings in Yictoria 
Hall have taken an intense hold on the town. The great 
building is much too small for the work. Messrs. Moody 
and Sankey hold eighteen meetings in it weekly, and day 
by day the hall is packed to overflowing. Mr. Moody 
gave his lecture on Daniel, at eight o'clock last Sunday 
morning, to an audience of not less than ten thousand ; 
and those who could not find room in the hall were ad- 
dressed in the Circus adjoining by Captain Dutton, of the 
'Allan Line.' Many thousands had to travel long dis- 
tances in the bitter weather to reach the hall in time for 
the meeting. No movement like it has ever been seen 
in this part of England. 

"The finger of God is seen in all departments of the 
work. The erection of Yictoria Hall for the meetings 
made the expenses of the visit to Liverpool unusually 



LIVERPOOL. 839 

"heavy. We bad no building large enougli in this town 
to accommodate the audiences we expected, and so ne- 
cessity was laid upon us to provide a temporary building. 
No direct solicitation for subscriptions has been made. 
It was decided to leave this and all other matters con- 
nected with the movement in the hand of the Lord, and 
he has made the darkness light before us. Many friends, 
who would not in ordinary circumstances have been ex- 
pected to give, have sent in considerable sums toward the 
expenses. Nearly four thousand pounds have been al- 
ready received, and Grod will provide the rest. Then, 
again, the apathy of many in the meetings has been turn- 
ed into the deepest interest. Opposition to the move- 
ment is diminishing. In fact, it may be said there is 
now no intelligent opposition, and any ignorant opposi- 
tion that exists is fast melting away. When the critics 
'come and see ' the work of the Lord, they very soon as- 
sume a respectful attitude. Testimony to the blessed re- 
sults of the meetings is most abundant. Every day large 
numbers of sincere inquirers testify, by their eager de- 
sire to know the way of God more fully by private con- 
versation in the ' inquiry-room,' that the truth has taken 
a living hold upon them ; and the Spirit of God is with- 
out doubt carrying on his work of grace in the hearts 
of many who, on this subject, speak with no one but him- 
self The universal testimony, not only of the majority 
of the clergymen of Liverpool, but of ministers from all 
parts of Wales and the North of England, who have 
come to the meetings, is that their own souls have been 
strengthened, and that they feel God is preparing them 
for times of refreshing and revival in their several spheres 
of labor, such as they have not seen before. There are 



340 THE WORE OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

few Sunday-schools here where the teachers are not 
teaching with new fervor and power. Some are filled 
with amazement at what the Lord is doing in their class- 
es. Take one instance of twenty lads, mostly employed 
in an iron-work at Birkenhead, where youth, as in other 
workshops, too often and too readily learn the blas- 
phemous language and vile ways of the workmen. 
Their Sunday-school teacher is praisiiig God to-day for 
the change wrought upon his class within the past weeks. 
Instead of foul talk, they are now heard singing Mr. 
Sankey's Gospel hymns ; and by their conduct to their 
parents and teacher, and both in their work and out of 
it, they are showing that they have been with Jesus. 

"Take another case of a similar sort. At a ship-build- 
ing yard not far from Birkenhead, the young lads, since 
these special meetings commenced in Victoria Hall, have 
met for prayer and the reading of the Scriptures in the 
smithy during the dinner-hour, until the men began to 
drop in, and the number so increased that, last Sunday 
week, they applied for accommodation for this dinner- 
hour prayer- meeting in a neighboring mission -house, 
and at the gathering last Friday sixty-four were present, 
and the presence of God was felt to be with them. No 
one but God knows where the movement in Victoria 
Hall will end. No eye but his can trace the subtle and 
heavenly influence that passes from heart to heart, and 
from one district to another. The fallow ground in Liv- 
erpool has been broken up as it had never been before; 
and the conviction in many minds is firmly established 
that a time of grace has begun here that will go on ex- 
tending and deepening until Christ comes again. The 
remark which dropped from the lips of one of our lead- 



LIVERPOOL. 341 

ing laymen at the close of the meeting for Christian 
workers last Sunday week accurately describes the uni- 
versal feeling of all Christian hearts : ' We can never be 
as we have been.' The voice of the Lord has been heard 
in our very midst, and the Church dare not and can not 
disregard it. Let Christ's people throughout the coun- 
try go on praying for Liverpool." 

The meetings on Sunday last were overwhelming. 
Four times "Victoria Hall was crowded to its utmost ca- 
pacity, while Newsome's Circus and St. James's Hall 
were twice filled. There must have been not less than 
forty-five thousand persons present at the various meet- 
ings. 

Such was Liverpool the last of February, 1875 ; 
while in June, 1873, not one soul responded to the call 
of the evangelists to come to Jesus. Now the mighty 
tides from many cities unite in one vast stream that 
flows on to the great metropolis, there, like the Nile, to 
overflow its banks and fertilize wide regions, from which 
plentiful harvests will be reaped. 



342 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



V. 

LONDON. 

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." — Psa. 
cxix., 105. 

*'I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." — Phil. 
iv., 13. 

We can scarcely imagine a more remarkable and im- 
pressive scene than the approach of the evangelists to 
the city of London. In the long train of cars from Liv- 
erpool are men and women from every class in society, 
moving toward the great metropolis, with various objects 
before them. Some come to take part in political affairs, 
and consider questions regarded as of great importance 
to the public welfare ; others are absorbed by their 
schemes for wealth ; votaries of fixshion are hastening to 
join the circles of gayety. The different vocations of 
the middling classes are represented; and each one is 
the centre of his own world, larger or smaller. 

On a seat sit two men having nothing to distinguish 
them from the ordinary passengers. Less than two years 
ago they entered the city of York, unacquainted with a 
single inhabitant. They held a religious meeting at 
which four persons were present. How they obtained 
even this number, we are not informed. What passage 
of Scripture was read we do not know. Being humble 
men, they may have selected a portion of the first chap- 
ter of Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians: "For ye 
see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men 



LONDON. 343 

after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are 
called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the 
world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the 
weak things of the world to confound the things which 
are mighty." 

These brethren, bringing with them their families, had 
come very far to hold this little meeting. They can un- 
derstand a portion of the passage read, that God had 
"chosen the weak things of the world;" but how are 
thej^ to confound the things that are mighty? is the ques- 
tion. Will any help come to them from the vast and 
splendid Cathedral, under whose shadow, perhaps, they 
walk homeward ? 

They kneel in secret prayer; they pray in faith. 
Months roll on, and now they approach London. They 
are known to tens of thousands of the inhabitants. Fif- 
teen hundred ministers, of all denomin'ations, have held 
a meeting to make preparations for their arrival. The 
city of four millions of people* is laid out into districts 

* It is impossible to estimate the amount of good that would be accom- 
plished by a powerful revival of religion in such a city as London. The 
relations of the great metropolis to the world were, some years ago, pre- 
sented in a lecture by Rev. William Arthur, from which we give the fol- 
lowing passages : 

" Our queen rules over more Roman Catholics than the Pope, over more 
Mohammedans than the Sublime Porte, and over more Pagans than there 
are in the whole Continent of Africa. If we ask, ' What is the religion of 
tlie British Empire?' judging by numbers, the unhesitating reply must be, 
'Paganism.' There are in it more Pagans than Mohammedans, and 
there are more Mohammedans than Christians of both names. The nu- 
merical order of the four great religious distinctions prevailing in the em- 
pire is : first, Paganism ; secondly, Mohammedanism ; thirdly, Protestant- 
ism ; fourthly, Romanism. 

"It is impossible to revolve these facts without receiving a deep impres- 



344 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

for general visitation. The largest public halls are en- 
gaged, including Exeter Hall, the Queen's Opera House, 
and Agricultural Hall, which holds twenty thousand 
persons. Other halls are being erected, and fifty thou- 
sand dollars have been already subscribed to meet the 
expenses. 

sion that the moral state of England is of immeasurable importance to the 
whole human race. God has placed her in a position to advance or re- 
tard the highest interest of our species, such as nation never occupied be- 
fore; such as involves a high and inappreciable trust The morality 

of Holland aifects Holland; the morahty of Belgium affects Belgium; the 
morality of France may affect Europe ; but the morality of England af- 
fects the world. 

"Now, if such be the importance that the nation should fear God, yon 
see the bearing of this on the metropolis. London is to the world as the 
tongue of England, the great expositor of its thoughts and principles. 
From London the world is constantly receiving illustrations of what we 
are. Ships are departing every day with cargoes indescribably various ; 
but they all bear one commodity in common, they all convey to other 
lands a consignment of British morality. Whether their wares are re- 
ceived or returned, this commodity always gains an introduction, and is 
poured into the families of those countries by conversation, by dealings, 
by recreation, and diversified intercourse. It depends entirely on the 
state of our home population whether these injections of our morality shall 
be so many phials of miasma to infect and accurse, or so much of the breath 
of Heaven's grace to give health and blessing. Every seaman and every 
settler who leaves our ports carries with him, and holds up to the eye of 
foreign people, a pattern English heart. It is unutterably important that 
London should be holy." 

The kingdom of Satan in this city is indeed mighty, as appears from 
the following statistics : London has one hundred and seventeen thousand 
habitual criminals on her police register ; thirty thousand drunkards an- 
nually brought before her magistrates; one million and more habitual 
neglecters of public worship ; sixty miles of open shops every Lord's day ; 
seventy-three miles of drinking-houses, if placed side by side in a row; 
has need of nine hundred new chapels and churches, and two hundred 
additional city missionaries. 



LONDON. Z4,0 



PEEPARATORY WORK. 



The London correspondent of the North British Daily 
Mail, one of the leading commercial papers of Scotland, 
gives the following deeply interesting details of the 
preparation made for the mighty work in London : 

" The committee under whose auspices Messrs. Moody 
and Sankey are about to spend four months in the work 
of evangelizing the metropolis are pressing forward their 
preparations with praiseworthy energy. On Sunday 
next they will commence a series of special introductory 
services in the Agricultural Hall, at Islington, which 
will be held during the week preceding the arrival of the 
American evangelists. On Sunday morning the preach- 
er will be a leading evangelical clergyman of the Estab- 
lished Church ; at night the post will be occupied by the 
Eev. Mr. Sanday, of Yernon Baptist Chapel, one of Mr. 
Spurgeon's old students. Among those who will lead 
on the week-nights are Dr. Henry Allon, editor of the 
British Quarterly Beview, Dr. M'Auslane, Dr. Landels, and 
others. In adding to these services in the great central 
meeting-place, special meetings for prayer will be held in 
hundreds of churches, chapels, and mission-rooms all over 
the metropolis, at which the blessing of God will be in- 
voked on the impending effort. But perhaps the most 
remarkable part of the preparation is the scheme which 
has been set on foot for an immediate house-to-house 
visitation of every square, street, and lane of this Great 
Babylon and its far-reaching suburbs. A special com- 
mittee has been formed, consisting of Major-general C. 
Scott, Cnptain the Hon. E. Moreton, RN. ; Colonel J. 
Field, Mr. A. F. Kinnaird (son of the Hon. Arthur Kin- 



846 TEE WORK OF GOD m GREAT BRITAIN. 

naird, M.P.), and Mr. Reginald Radcliffe. It will be no- 
ticed that of the five, two are military officers, and one a 
naval captain, and they are at this moment sitting in a 
central office which has been placed at their disposal, in 
a fashionable West-end thoroughfare (Great Marlborough 
Street), poring over maps of London and the suburbs. 
But the campaign which they are arranging is a benig- 
nant one, as it will unquestionably be the most gigantic 
religious undertaking of the kind that has ever been at- 
tempted in England — perhaps in the world. 

" The map of the city, inclusive, as I have already 
suggested, of its suburbs, has been divided into districts, 
and hundreds of Christian brethren, regardless of denom- 
inational distinctions, have been invited to take each the 
superintendence of one such district. The visitation is 
to be started at once, so that it may be well advanced 
before the arrival of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. Two 
maps of his district, and all other materials, are furnished 
by the committee to each superintendent ; one map to be 
retained by himself, and the other to be cut into pieces — 
i. e., one piece for each couple of visitors'. The superin- 
tendent selects from his own circle of acquaintance such 
voluntary Christian helpers, of either sex and of any de- 
nomination, as will be competent to assist him in the 
thorougb visitation of his district ; and the visitors are to 
work in couples, after the apostolic method. 

" They will carry a leaflet by Mr. Moody in sufficient 
quantities to enable them to leave one in the hands of 
every family ; but the great object of the work is not the 
mere distribution of tracts, but the carrying of the Gos- 
pel by the living voice to every home in London. Each 
pair of visitors has a book in which they will enter the 



LONDOK 847 

result of their work ; and the books are to be submitted 
to the respective superintendents every Saturday or Sun- 
day until the work is finished, when they will be finally 
returned to the superintendents. If the scheme works 
as well as the committee hope, these books will constitute 
such a religious census of the metropolis as was, perhaps, 
never accomplished before in any of the great cities of 
the world." 

FIRST MEETING IN LONDON. 

The opening meeting in London fulfilled the expecta- 
tions of God's children, and demonstrated the presence 
of the Most High. 

The following account is taken from the London Chris- 
Han World of March 12th : 

"It is that once, at the Agricultural Hall, Mr. Spur- 
geon preached to twenty-two thousand people. But for 
the different style of the arrangements in the vast interi- 
or, that would probably have been the number present on 
Tuesday night, when the Chicago evangelists entered on 
their London campaign. As it was, the audience could 
not be less than eighteen thousand ; in all likelihood it 
reached twenty thousand. The chairs number fourteen 
thousand according to some authorities, fifteen thousand 
say others ; and not one of these, nor scarcely an inch 
of standing-ground, was left unoccupied, while the doors 
had to be closed in the face of many hundreds for whom 
there was no room. The anxiety to procure admission 
was indicated by the fact that fully two hours before the 
time advertised for the beginning of the service crowds 
began to assemble. We were there a few minutes after 
six, and already the building seemed to be more than 



348 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

half full, while the stream of people entering was in fall 
flood, and required not many minutes to crowd every 
vacant spot, excepting only the reserved seats near the 
platform, for which tickets were required. At half-past 
six the singing of a hymn was begun in a distant part of 
the hall ; but the Rev. Thain Davidson, from his seat on 
the platform, requested the stewards to repress volunteer 
attempts of this sort, and in a moment his wish was obey- 
ed. The arrangements were, indeed, admirable. Ushers, 
each invested with an official rod, were scattered all over 
the building. Those near me were young merchants 
and. professional men ; and they did their work with 
quiet, effective energy. There seems to be no screw 
loose anywhere. The silent seating of so many thou- 
sands was a masterpiece of administrative care and skill. 
" The appearance of the vast throng was, in itself, a 
sight worth going many miles to see. ISTo architectural 
features of the building came between the eye and the 
great sea of humanity that seemed to stretch as far as 
the vision could go. There was abundance of light shed 
from thousands of gas burners, beading the walls — these 
at times running in straight lines, and at regular inter- 
vals assuming a semicircular form. A broad strip of 
red cloth running round beneath the lines and arches of 
light bore appropriate passages in white lettering. The 
first of these, on the right of the platform, was : ' Repent 
ye, and believe the Gospel ;' the first on the left : ' The 
gift of God is eternal life.' At the centre of the plat- 
form there is a small dais, covered with red cloth, and 
having a slight rail round it, and a little book-board at 
one corner. This is for the president of the meetings. 
On his right are the seats for the choir, and Mr. San- 



LONDON. 849 

key's American organ. The seats on the left are for the 
committee and others taking part in the service. Oa 
and around the platform were hundreds of leading men 
of all the evangelical communions, ministers and laymen ; 
and it struck me that the Congregational and Presbyte- 
rian churches were represented in special strength, es- 
pecially the former body. The Earl of Cavan and Lord 
Kadstock occupied seats on the platform. 

"At seven o'clock, Kev. Thain Davidson gave out the 
hymn 'I hear thy welcome Yoice,' and the volume of 
sound which rose from the audience indicated that it was 
a familiar strain to the most of the people present. 
Then, after a brief interval, the hymn 'Tell me the old, 
old Story of Jesus and his Love,' was finely sung by the 
choir, which was composed of two hundred voices. At 
half-past seven to a moment, Mr. Moody stepped on to 
the dais, while Mr. Sankey took his place at the organ ; 
and the former, in the least conventional of voices, said 
'Let us rise and sing to the praise of God. Let us praise 
him for what he is going to do in London.' The re- 
sponse, as the people sung the familiar doxology, was 
thrilling; and no sooner had the strain ceased than the 
Eev. Mr. Billing, the incumbent of the nearest church, 
offered prayer. 'We bless thee, that we have seen this 
day and this hour,' he said ; and hundreds gave audible 
vent to a thanksgiving that was uttered with deep fer- 
vor. Yery hearty, too, were the 'Amens' which follow- 
ed the request that God might be pleased to 'speak to 
all London' by the mouth of his servants from the other, 
side of the sea. Mr. Moody gave out the Scotch version 
of the hundredth Psalm, Mr. Sankey saying, 'Let us rise 
and sing. Let all the people sing.' To all, but more 



350 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

especially to tlie Scottish friends, that was a soul-stirring 
strain. 

" Mr. Moodj then stated that he had that day received 
dispatches from all the great cities in Britain, letting him 
know that the people were praying for London. All 
their expectations must be in vain unless they were de- 
pending upon God. He therefore asked them to spend 
a few moments in silent prayer. Hereupon a great calm 
fell upon the assembly, and every head was bowed. In 
a minute or two the hush was broken by the voice of 
Mr. Moody, who prayed that God's blessing might rest 
upon the work on which they were now entering, and 
that many might be encouraged to go out and labor in 
this dark city. ' It is a great city,' he said, ' but thou 
art a great God. May we ask great things, and expect 
them.' He gave special thanks for the many ministers 
present, and prayed that there might be ' no strife among 
the herdmen.' Mr. Sankey then sung the solo 'Jesus 
of Nazareth passeth by,' explaining before he did so 
that it was simply a Christian song. 'May the Lord 
bless the singing of this song here, as he has blessed it 
elsewhere,' said Mr. Sankey, and he requested the people 
to keep very still. The first stanza, and especially the 
line 'What means this strange commotion?' was thrill- 
ing in its effect; but a slight disturbance in a distant 
part of the hall somewhat marred the closing verses. 
At the end of the piece some present began to applaud ; 
but they were instantly rebuked into silence by a mur- 
mured 'Hush!' from thousands of lips." 



LONDON. 851 

OUTLINE OF MR. MOODY'S ADDRESS. 

" Mr. Moody, after reading 1 Corintliians i., from the 
seventeenth verse to the end, said he had received letters 
from a great many Christians in London, who were pray- 
ing that God might revive his work here. His great fear 
in coming to this city was that many might be leaning 
upon man, and upon the arm of flesh, and might take 
their eyes off from the living God. If a work was to be 
done in London, however, God must do it. It was not 
any new Gospel that London wanted, nor any new pow- 
er. It was the same old, old story, that the ministers of 
the churches had been telling continually. God's ways 
were not our ways, nor his thoughts our thoughts, and 
we must not mark out channels for the Holy Ghost to 
work in when he comes. 

" When God was going to destroy the world, and want- 
ed an ark built, he did not tell a nation to do it, neither 
did he call upon hundreds of men to do it, but one man, 
and he a man who was contemptible in the sight of the 
world ; for the world laughed at him and mocked him. 
"What was highly esteemed by man was an abomination 
to God, and what was highly esteemed by God was an 
abomination to man. When he wanted to bring three 
millions of people out of Egypt, his way of doing it was 
quite different from any that man would have adopted. 
He did not send an army with chariots, but a man who 
bad been forty years on the back side of the desert, and 
whose name had been forgotten among the children of 
Israel, a man slow of speech, a stuttering man. 

" There was not a man whose name shone out on the 
page of divine history but was considered a fool in his 



352 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

day. He had no doubt that Enoch was considered a 
great fool in the sight of the world, but he walked with 
God, and God thought so much of him that he said 
' Come up higher,' for he liked his company. Noah 
was the laughing-stock of his day. Men made great 
sport of him ; bat he was willing to be a fool for God's 
sake, and God used him and blessed him. And if we 
want to be of use to God we must be willing to be fools 
in the sight of the world. Look at Joshua going round 
the walls of Jericho. It was a most absurd sight. How 
the London press would have come down upon a scene 
like that! Fancy the Archbishop of Canterbury and 
other great dignitaries going round London blowing 
rams' horns. Every body would be disgusted, and say 
they should have golden trumpets at least. But that 
was not God's way. Look at Samson. When the Spirit 
was on him, how he worked! With a jaw-bone of an 
ass he slew a thousand men. People nowadays were not 
willing to work with a jaw-bone of an ass. They wanted 
some polished weapons that the world would not say any 
thing against; but Samson came down from the rock, 
and took up the first jaw-bone of an ass that he came 
across, and went out and slew the Philistines right and 
left. What was wanted now was that every one should 
grab up the first jaw-bone of an ass that he could lay 
hold of, and not wait to do some great thing. How ab- 
surd it must have looked to see Gideon, with his three 
hundred men with their pitchers ! What queer weapons 
those were! but every man stood in his place, and the 
result was that they routed the whole army. Look at 
Elijah fed by sach unclean, contemptible things as ravens; 
and when the Lord sent him somewhere else, it was not 



LONDON. 853 

to a palace or to a table laid with good things, but to a 
poor widow who had scarcely enough for a meal for her- 
self and her boy. So it was at the present day, for God 
was unchangeable. 

"It was said that we are living in an enlightened age. 
That might be true, but to God it made no difference. 
He still used base and contemptible and despised things 
to effect his purpose. When he wanted a book written 
that should do some good to the world, he did not call 
forth a philosopher, but a Bedford tinker, and the devil 
had his match v/hen he got hold of John B unjoin. 
There was not a man present at the gathering whom God 
could not use if he were willing to be used. There was 
not a man in all Saul's army but knew that God could 
use him against Goliath, but only one, and he, the j^oung- 
est of Jesse's family, was willing to be used. It was 
said of David's soldiers that they were all right and 
left handed men. That was what London wanted now, 
men who could use their right hand or their left hand, 
their eyes, their tongues, their ears for the King of Glory. 
Who would have thought of Elisha to take the place 
of the wonderful old prophet Elijah? Men nowadays 
would go to the schools of the prophets and pick out 
some theological professor, but Elijah found a man be- 
hind twelve yoke of oxen, and Elisha slew his oxen, and 
started off with Elijah, consecrating all to the service 
of God. Christ did not call around him the learned and 
the wise, but Galilean fishermen, and that handful of 
men shook the world. Even before he could use Saul 
the name had to be changed to Paul — the Little. What 
London wanted, and what the whole world wanted, was 
not eloquence, but Christ and him crucified. Let every 



854 THE WORK OF QOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

man and woman, then, who loved the Lord Jesus, begin 
to publish the glad tidings of salvation ; let them talk to 
their neighbors of the love of Christ, and so rise and 
take the city, for Grod was able to do it. The world did 
not like to have Christ preached, but it was just what the 
world did not like that Christians must give it. The 
lion of hell was overcome by a lion ; but the Lion of the 
tribe of Judah was also a Lamb. There was weeping 
once in heaven when John found no one worthy to open 
the book ; but at last one touched him, and said, " Weep 
not, John, for there is one worthy ; the Lion of the tribe 
of Judah has prevailed, and he is worthy." And when 
John turned round to look at the Lion it was a slain 
Lamb. God's Lion is a Lamb slain. 

" Then, to attain success there must be union among 
Christians. There were three classes of people that 
ought to sympathize with this movement. Every min- 
ister who wanted to crown Christ king ought to be in- 
terested in the work ; every Sabbath-school superintend- 
ent and teacher, every missionary and colporteur, ought 
at least to'pray for it, and every father and mother ought 
to join in it. When he was in Liverpool the other day, 
a woman came to him with a photograph of a beautiful 
boy, who, she said, would now be nineteen years old. 
She said he had had trouble, and had fled from his home. 
She did not know what had become of him, and she 
asked him, if he saw him in London, to try and win him 
to the Lord, that he might come back to cheer her heart. 
There were many such boys in London, and he hoped 
God would bring them to Christ, so that they might go 
back to be a blessing to their parents and to the Church 
at large. To all such he would say, ' Your mother still 



LONDOK ^0^ 

loves you, and wants you to return. Her heart is break- 
ing for you. God wants you ; Jesus wants you. There 
is room in heaven for you.' 

" If there was unity among God's people in this work, 
no combination of power could stand against it. When 
the Church, the pulpit, and the pew were all of one 
mind, Christianity would be like a red-hot ball roll- 
ing over the earth, and all the hosts of death and hell 
would not be able to resist it. ' By this,' said Christ, 
*' shall men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one 
another.' 

"When General Grant was marching on Eichmond, and 
his army had been repulsed in the Wilderness, he called 
his commanders together, and asked them what they 
thought he had better do. They advised him to retreat, 
but before morning an orderly was sent round, directing 
an advance in solid column on the enemy at daylight. 
That was what took Eichmond, and broke down the re- 
bellion. The Christians of London, too, must lift high 
the standard, and, in the name of their God, advance in 
solid column on the enemy before daylight. Let them 
work together, shoulder to shoulder, with a single eye to 
the honor and glory of Christ ; let them pray that they 
might get self out of the way, and that Christ might be 
all and in all, and then they would have success. Let 
their watchword be 'Here am I; send me,' and the 
result was certain." 

The first daily prayer-meeting was held on Wednes- 
day, March 10th, in Exeter Hall, Strand. Long before 
the hour of commencing the crowds poured in, and pre- 
cisely at noon Messrs. Moody and Sankey appeared with 



356 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

the Committee. The meeting was opened by singing" 
" Sweet Hour of Prayer," followed by requests, silent and 
audible prayer, and the singing of " The Grreat Physi- 
cian." Mr. Moody's address followed, from Jeremiah 
xxxiii., 27: "Is there any thing too hard for me?" This 
is God's challenge to Christians to call upon him, to cast 
out all "ifs," all doubt and unbelief, and rely joyfully 
upon the Lord God who made heaven and earth. He. 
also read a most touching extract from the first letter re- 
ceived in London concerning a child, who had proposed 
to wait for their coming to be a Christian ; but had found 
the pearl of great price, and been " called home," before 
they reached the city. Mr. Sankey then sung "The 
Ninety and Nine," and the meeting was thrown open. 

SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS. 

Full accounts of subsequent meetings are given in 
Times of Blessing for March 18th, 1875, from which we 
give the following passages : 

" On Wednesday evening, March 10th, the second 
meeting was held in the Agricultural Hall. The serv- 
ices commenced by Mr. Stevenson Blackwood engaging 
in prayer, after singing the hymn, 'I heard the voice of 
Jesus say.' Mr. Moody read part of Ezekiel xxxiv. 
and Luke xv., commenting as he went on, then an- 
nounced the coming meetings on the Lord's day — at 8 
A.M. for workers, at 8 p.m. for women, and at 8 p.m. for 
men. Tickets would be issued for all these meetings. 
Silent prayer and singing followed, 'Lord, I hear of 
showers of blessing.' 

"Mr. Moody then spoke from Luke xix., 10: 'The 
Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was 



LONDON. 857 

lost.' It was speedily apparent that great blessings from 
on high were descending upon that meeting. The ad- 
dress was full of power; anecdote, illustration, Scripture 
entreaty, persuasion, succeeded each other with lightning 
speed and intense force, while the vast audience listened 
with rapt attention. As the interest heightened, and story 
after story was told, many could be seen wiping the tears 
away, apparently unconscious of what they were doing. 
The graphic picture of the meeting of Bartimeus and 
Zaccheus, after the former had been healed, was very im- 
pressive ; and the quiet hit at those 'who don't believe 
in sudden conversions,' in the statement that Zaccheus 
'was converted between the branches and the ground,' 
was greatly enjoyed. The story that followed, of ' the 
young man converted on his mother's grave,' gave occa- 
sion for an impassioned appeal to turn to Jesus then and 
there. Silent prayer followed the conclusion of the ad- 
dress; and, amidst a hush that was almost awful, the 
sound of music floated on the air, and Mr. Sankey sung 
softly ' Come home — come home ;' every head bowed, 
thousands earnestly praying, while the soft music seemed 
to enter into the very souls of that mass of humanity, 
bowing and swaying, even the hardest, to thoughts of re- 
pentance and prayer. Then Lord Eadstock concluded 
with prayer, and the hymn 'I hear tliy welcome Yoice' 
was sung as Mr. Moody went from the Hall to the first 
inquiry-meeting in London. Many hundreds followed 
him, but whether workers or inquirers did not at the 
time appear, and it is too early yet to speak of results. 

"The third evening service was much more largely 
attended than the second, every seat in the hall being 
occupied, and the galleries well filled. The choir sung 



858 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

several hymns before the service commenced, with the 
well-known ' Maggie Lindsay ' hymn (as it is called here)^ 
' The Gate Ajar,' followed by prayer by the Eev. J. Math- 
eson, of Hampstead. ' The Great Physician ' was next 
sung, and the reading followed from Luke x., being the 
parable of the Good Samaritan, in which the priest and 
Levite were used as types of Churchmen and Dissenters 
to the credit of neither party. ' Eock of Ages ' was next 
sung, and Mr. Moody resumed his discourse of the pre- 
ceding evening from Luke xix., 10. 

" The address was most solemn, concluding with an 
exhortation to immediate and final decision. Mr. Moody 
ended his discourse by prayer. Then ' Safe in the Arms 
of Jesus ' was sung, followed by silent prayer. Next, 
' Guide me, thou great Jehovah,' closing with the ben- 
ediction and inquiry-meeting. 

"Thus ended the first three of these noon prayer- 
meetings, and the first three nights of work in London. 
And it is simple truth to state that such meetings were 
never held before in London, if ever they were in the 
world's historj^ In three days of noon and evening 
service, about eighty thousand, have listened to the glori- 
ous Gospel of the blessed God. Well might Mr. Moody 
express his thankfulness to God for the encouragement 
he had received, and his deep sense of the sympathy 
and help extended to him and his colleague, in their 
great work. Surely, when bankers and rich merchants 
and ministers holding high official positions are content 
to be doorkeepers, it must be said, 'We never saw it 
after this fashion ;' and this was exactly the case at the 
door of Exeter Hall yesterda}^ 

"Every day has witnessed most interesting cases of 



LONDON. 859 

conversion. One young lady said 'she was so liappy, 
she seemed to tread on air ;' and in instance after in- 
stance the testimonies multiplied, till we could only re- 
joice in believing that numbers were born again — 'not 
of corruptible seed, but of the incorruptible, which liveth 
and abideth forever.' " 

MEETINGS ON SUNDAY. 

The Times of Blessing for March 25th, 1875, gives the 
following thrilling account by the Kev. C. J. Whitmore : 

" On Sunday morning, March Mth, the usual unbroken 
quiet of Islington experienced a striking change. From 
every direction bands of well-dressed people were hast- 
ening to the Agricultural Hall. Many parties of singers 
had arranged to meet in their different localities, and 
marched with songs to their destination. Sunday-school 
teachers resident in the line of march near to the Hall 
had invited their fellow-laborers to breakfast at a very 
unusual hour; while the venders of hymns and papers 
round the Hall took their usual week-day positions, and 
transacted a large amount of buying and selling, to which 
multitudes made strong and indignant objection. Pour- 
ing in at all the entrances to the Hall, there was speed- 
ily convened such a gathering of its Christian workers 
as London had never seen. It was a complete re-union. 
Friends, whom the exigencies of work had separated for 
years, met and clasped hands once more ; young men 
grown old in service met with others in like condition, 
whom they had labored with in years of strength ; and 
comely matrons' faces were recognized as those of former 
girls in Sunday-schools. Long before all old friends 
could be recognized and greeted the time for the serv- 



360 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

ice arrived, and the evangelists stood face to face with 
many thousands of the Christian workers af the great 
metropolis for the first time. 

" Cool, prompt, and business-like as ever, Mr. Moody 
announced the first song would be ' Hold the Fort,' 
which, being recognized as peculiarly appropriate to the 
occasion, was sung with a vigor that left nothing to be 
desired. Earnest prayer followed, and then the hymn, 
' Stand up, stand up for Jesus.' Mr. Moody read part of 
Isaiah vi., ending with, 'Here ami; send me!' and call- 
ed upon Mr. Sankey to sing the melody known by that 
title. Then the congregation sung, 'I love to tell the 
Story,' and Mr. Moody's address was given. 

" The text was Daniel xii., 3, ' They that be wise shall 
shine,' etc. ; and Mr. Moody proceeded to say, ' We all 
like to shine, and had better own up! But who shall 
shine? The wise! and thus the glorious privilege of 
eternal splendor was held forth to all engaged in Chris- 
tian work! But personal conversion must precede the 
conversion of others by us.' Here he narrated a strik- 
ing instance of a Sunday - school superintendent who 
was not converted, but, finding this to be so, went hon- 
estly to his minister, and offered to resign. The minister 
suggested a more excellent way — that the superintend- 
ent should first turn to the Lord at once, and then con- 
tinue his labors. This was done; he turned to the will- 
ing Saviour, and then became the means of the conver- 
sion of the teachers, and of a great revival in the school. 
It was the duty of each Christian— 720^ duty, but privilege 
(away with mere duty ! we did not talk of duty to wives 
and mothers, and why in religion ?) — to speak to some 
person daily.- For twelve years there had scarcely been 



LONDON. 361 

a day in wbich he bad not done this. Seek out friends, 
and bring them into the current, that they might get a 
blessing, and pass it on. We must also get into sympa- 
thy with the unsaved. 

"When he was laboring in the school at Chicago, a 
teacher, who was going away to die, came to him in bit- 
ter trouble about his unconverted class. He felt his 
strength too far gone to visit them ; they were unsaved, 
and he was leaving them — going away forever. Mr. 
Moody procured a carriage, and they went together day 
after day for ten days, until the teacher had seen all, 
pleaded with all, and won them all for Jesus. The tear- 
ful eyes, the pale face, and the deep sympathy had tri- 
umphed for Christ! Then they all met him on the plat- 
form, and the wave of his hand from the carriage was a 
last, long farewell. The effect produced by this narra- 
tion was very deep. Sobs and tears were almost uni- 
versal. Strong men were weeping like children, and 
the speaker himself wept abundantly as he remembered 
and depicted the touching scene. 'Yes,' he continued, 
'we must get in sympathy — make their case ours, their 
troubles and sorrows ours, and then we shall have pre- 
vailing power.' He spoke of a poor mother whose child 
had been drowned in procuring drift-wood from the river, 
and whom he had visited along with his little daughter. 
' "If that was me," said my child, " wouldn't you feel 
bad, father? Don't you feel bad for the poor mother?" 
'This unlocked the springs of sj^'mpathy, and I did feel 
bad for her. I found a grave for the poor child, and 
afterward bought ground for a Sunday - school lot, to 
bury a hundred of our poor little scholars.' In the 
midst of a most striking scene of weeping such as that 

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362 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

hall had never seen before, the address concluded, and 
Mr. Moody attempted to pray. So deeply was he moved, 
that he was compelled to pause in his prayer, amidst 
dead silence, to recover himself, and be able to proceed. 
Then we sung 'Work, for the night is coming,' and the 
benediction ended the first workers' meeting. 

" On Sunday afternoon, at three, the first special meet- 
ing for women was held. The service commenced by 
singing 'The Great Physician,' after which prayer was 
offered by Eev. R. W. Billing, chairman of the North 
London Committee, followed by the hymn, 'I hear Thy 
welcome Voice.' Mr. Moody read Psalm Ivii., and Mr. 
Sankey sung ' The Ninety and Nine.' Where all the 
singing is so good, it is hard to particularize ; but this 
seems to be one of his own favorites, and is most certain- 
ly a favorite with the peo.ple. Then all joined in singing 
' Free from the Law,' and Mr. Moody commenced his 
discourse from Genesis iii., 9: 'Where art thou?' Was 
ever such a gathering, of women only, convened before 
simply to hear the Gospel of the grace of God ? There 
were, at the lowest computation, about seventeen thou- 
sand women present, and the power of the Spirit was 
clearly there : tears and sobs and repressed cries, anxious 
faces, low, earnest words and entreaties for mercy were 
all around, as the discourse proceeded from point to point. 
'God was the preacher of this sermon,' said Mr. Moodj^; 
' and though the first audience was small, the sermon has 
come rolling down the ages, and many, I hope, are ask- 
ing themselves this question now. I am speaking to 
professors, to backsliders, and to those who never made 
profession, but all equally lost. There are three steps 
to ruin — neglecting, refusing, despising the good news 



LONDON. 863 

of God.' The discourse concladed, Mr. Moody offered 
earnest prayer; silent prayer followed, and then the soft, 
persuasive strain, 'Come Home,' from Mr. Sankey, arose 
upon the meeting, the choir singing the chorus. Then 
all sung the hymn, 'Lord, I hear of showers of blessing,' 
and the meeting closed to allow inquirers to gather. 
Such a number accepted the invitation that the large 
inquirj^-room could not contain them, and many were 
spoken to in the bitter cold w^ithout the room. 

" The evening service was for men only, instead of 
women. Thousands of women, nevertheless, accompa- 
nied their male friends in hope of admission, but were 
disappointed — they could not be admitted. Neverthe- 
less, the building was filled to its utmost capacity, and 
the doors were closed nearly an hour before the service 
commenced. The would-be infidel orator of London is 
in the habit of saying, 'Religion is an affair of priests 
and women.' Never again will he be able to repeat that 
taunt, after the meeting on Sunday evening last, when 
nearly twenty-five thousand men of London were held 
breathless by the simple preaching and singing of the 
Gospel of Christ ! Before the address was delivered, Mr. 
Sankey sung 'Jesus of Nazareth passeth by;' himself 
singing the verses, and the vast multitude joining in 
the last line in each verse, thus producing the effect of 
one of the mightiest choruses ever sung on earth. Af- 
ter the address the inquiry-room was opened, while the 
meeting in the hall continued with praise and prayer. 

"So great had been the effect produced, so large was 
the number of inquirers who were not ' priests ' or ' w^om- 
en,' that there were not enough workers present to deal 
with them. Nor can this be wondered at. Christians 



S64: THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

had been entreated and enjoined to ,staj away, that the 
unconverted might have all the room ; and this request 
was too literally obeyed. It may also be noted that 
most of Mr. Moody's best helpers have much work of 
their own on the Lord's day, which can not be neglect- 
ed even for the inquiry-room. With all the will to help, 
churches, chapels, and missions must not be left untend- 
ed, through the temptation of ihe attractive and pleasant 
work provided at Islington." 

THE TIDE EISING. 

" The meetings on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 
were crow^ded, and full of interest. There was tlie usual 
crowded hall at the noon prayer-meeting on Thursday, 
March 18th. The first song was 'The Great Physi- 
cian ;' afterward Mr. Quinton Hogg read the requests for 
prayer, and the Kev. J. Morgan led in prayer. ' Over 
There ' was next heartily sung, and Mr. Moody spoke on 
'Prayer,' specially the disciples' prayer, commonly call- 
ed the 'Lord's Prayer;' but, said he, the Lord's Prayer 
is found in John xvii. The principal point was forgive- 
ness in order to be forgiven. This he illustrated by 
several touching incidents. After the address Mr. San- 
key sung 'Mary Magdalene,' and several brethren en- 
gaged in prayer. One of these ended by repeating the 
disciples' prayer, in which the whole gathering joined, 
producing a most striking effect; for as the subdued 
voices rose and fell, it was with a thrilling grandeur of 
pound, resembling heavy artillery heard far away. 

"The service in the Hall in the afternoon and even- 
ing showed clearly how the wave of attraction is rising 
higher and higher; though, perhaps, the .unusual mild- 



LONDON. 'Mo 

ness and beauty of the day migtit have allowed many 
to attend who had hitherto been prevented. The after- 
noon service commenced with 'Wondrous Love,' prayer, 
' Stand up for Jesus,' and reading a part of 1 Corinthi- 
ans XV. by Mr. Moody. Then, by special request, Mr. 
Sankey sung 'The Ninety and Nine.' Mr. Moody's ad- 
dress was on the word 'jGrospel,' or 'good news.' The 
Gospel was angelic news, and it w^as sung before it was 
preached. It was the knowledge of the life and death 
of the Son of God for us! It was the sight of Jesus; 
at which sight Paul was brought under such deep con- 
viction that he couldn't eat for three days! Every man 
likes his enemies out of his way, and the Gospel took 
three great enemies — sin, death, and judgment — out of 
our way forever. For though w^e might die, death had 
nothing; the sting of death was buried in the bosom of 
the Son of God. The frontier men, when the prairies 
were burning, set fire to the part near them ; and when it 
was burned bare, stood upon it, and so saved their lives. 
There's one mountain-peak the fire of God's wrath has 
swept over, and now it is safe forever, and that is Mount 
Calvary. Then he told of a father and son who had 
been at enmity for years, but were brought together by 
the dying wife and mother, but only reconciled over her 
dead body ; so the sinner was reconciled to God over the 
dead body of the Lord Jesus. Mr. Sankey sung ' Come 
Home,' and the meeting was adjourned to the inquiry- 
room, whither many retired." 

The meetings continued with unabated interest during 
the week, and closed with mighty manifestations of di- 
vine power. "A great treat was enjoyed on Sabbath 
morning, March 21st, at the Agricultural Hall. It was 



SQQ THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

the meeting for Christian workers, which Mr. Moody de- 
lights to address, and was very largely attended. On 
this occasion admission was by special ticket. Before 
eight o'clock, when Mr. Moody and Mr. Sankey entered 
the hall, the immense area was quite filled ; and there 
were many in the galleries, while it need hardly be said 
that every seat on the platform was occupied. It may 
be safely stated that there were not fewer than nine or 
ten thousand persons present. Mr. Moody was much im- 
pressed ; and it was a touching sight to see the multi- 
tudes of Sabbath -school teachers and others streaming 
along through every street in Islington, by which we 
found our way to the hall. The meeting was opened 
with the bright hymn, 'King the bells of heaven; there 
is joy to-day,' led by Mr. Sankey ; and after prayer by 
the Eev. Henry Allon, Mr. Moody read from the twentj^- 
fifth chapter of Matthew the parable of the Talents, noting, 
as he passed, that the third man, to whom was given one 
talent, was the only one who said that he knew his Lord. 
Mr. Moody also read part of the twenty-fifth of Exodus: 
God's offering to be taken from every man that giveth 
willingly, and from the heart. Mr. Sankey then sung 
'Only an Armor-bearer.' This seemed to give special 
delight to the people, who joined in the chorus heartily. 
Mr. Moody's address from the text, 'To every man ac- 
cording to his several ability,' was very telling, and kept 
the entire audience in rapt attention for half an hour. 
It was full of stimulus and of encouragement to the 
worker for Christ. Laying the foundation that we must 
first come to Christ before we can engage in any accept- 
able service for him, he showed that when any one is 
converted and brought to Christ, it is because God has 



LONDON. 867 

something for him to do — 'To every man his work;' 
and he enforced and illustrated many admirable counsels 
in the happiest way. We could not but feel that every 
word had been given him to speak. The enthusiasm 
which can achieve noble deeds for the Master ; the bright 
sunny nature which can cheer on the workers, or can 
give a life-long memory of sweetness by its benediction 
on the head of a child; the love which can break all 
hearts and win the most rebellious — were each in turn 
illustrated in a singularly effective way. 

" The meeting the preceding evening was very fine, 
largely attended, and most solemn and impressive. The 
address was from the text, ' Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the Gospel to every creature.' The after-meeting 
in the inquiry -room seemed most interesting, and this 
work is growing in importance and value. We are 
profoundly grateful for the many in every part of the 
world who have been led to make much and earnest 
prayer for a blessing upon this visit of our beloved 
friends to London. Probably none can fully appreciate 
the enormous extent of the field, and the special difficul- 
ties that beset the work here; but the way is being won- 
derfully opened up. The secular press speaks of it, with 
scarce an exception, in terms of respect, and even of 
hopefulness. The Italian Opera House, in the Ha}^- 
market, lying vacant, has at last, after many difficulties, 
been secured for the work at the West End. The 
large building at the East End, to hold ten or twelve 
thousand, is satisfactorily progressing. The Victoria 
Theatre, in the Waterloo Eoad, is to be opened for the 
work to-morrow afternoon, when Mr. Moody is to begin 
a series of addresses there; and a special building of 



368 THE WORK OF GOD IN GBEAT BRITAIN. 

larger dimensions is to be erected for future meetings. 
I may add that the large funds required for these out- 
lays are coming rapidly in. These are the outward 
things. There are not wanting tokens of precious spir- 
itual blessings beginning to flow down from Him whose 
prerogative it is to give the increase. Let friends con- 
tinue to remember us. Pray on ; and not only wnll the 
Mighty One be glorified, but all will share the bless- 
ings. If London is powerfully moved, the world will be 
blessed." 

Of subsequent meetings we would gladly give de- 
tails, did our limits allow. We have intelligence from 
London up to April 16th, when four densely crowded 
meetings were held. One of them, especially devoted to 
students for the ministry, took place at Mr. Spurgeon's 
chapel. Mr. Moody delivered an address on Christian 
work, which was rapturously applauded. Thousands 
rose at his invitation to go into the streets and work for 
Christ. The intense joy that filled the hearts of the vast 
throng can not be described. We also learn that mem- 
bers of the royal family recently attended one of Mr. 
Moody's meetings, thus showing that the waters of spirit- 
ual life that first appeared among the humble have been 
steadily rising, until they have reached the throne. May 
Jesus occupy that throne, and unite to himself her Maj- 
esty and all the royal family in the bonds of everlasting 
love 



conclusion: 369 

COJSrCLUSIOK 

While closing our narrative, the army of the living 
God is steadily marching on in ths great metropolis, 
gathering every hour trophies for Jesus. Yictorj^ fol- 
lows victory in rapid succession ; enemies are vanquish- 
ed; scoffers are silenced. Those who hesitated a few- 
weeks ago have joined the ranks, and caught the inspira- 
tion of the moving hosts. Converts are multiplying, and 
angels are rejoicing over penitent sinners turning to God. 
Thousands of children join in the shout: "Hosanna to 
the Son of David. Blessed is he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord !" 

The city of London is rapidly assuming new aspects. 
The centre of the national power of Great Britain is 
feeling the influence of a higher power than that of the 
throne. At the seat of vast wealth multitudes are hast- 
ening to lay up treasures in heaven. The ambitious 
are turning from earthly honors to heavenly crowns. 
The leading journals that have in charge the order, peace, 
and respectability of her Majesty's realms have discover- 
ed a power in the movement that they acknowledge to 
the world. The High-Church dignitaries see the waters 
of salvation rising all around them from uncanonical 
sources ; and many of them are perplexed as to the 
course to be pursued by men in their responsible posi- 
tion. Having committed to them the religious interests 
of the empire, under laws of Conformity, they naturally 
desire to be discreet and prudent. But, viewing the 
•scenes around them, they must acknowledge, " This is 
the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes." 

Among the striking features of the movement is the 
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370 THE WORK OF GOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

greatness of the results, as compared with tbe simplicitj 
of the means. Th-ere came to England two men, one 
with a Bible, and the other with a hymn -book; one 
speaks, and the other sings; while both pray in secret 
to God. The truth spoken makes an impression. It is 
then clothed with the melodj of song, and the impres- 
sion is deepened. The truths may, in some instances, 
be first lodged in the head, but the sweet music takes 
them to the heart, where the Holy Spirit does its bless- 
ed work. 

The preacher is authorized to speak, as the Queen is 
to work, " By the grace of God." God fitted him for his 
spiritual work in a peculiar manner; and here the sim- 
plicity of the means used is most apparent. He is thor- 
oughly acquainted with the Holy Scriptures, without the 
slightest knowledge of the original languages in which 
they were written, or the least training in schools of 
learning. He is eloquent without any of the arts of 
oratory, or the culture of the principles of elocution. He 
draws the largest audiences in the world, and moves 
them with a power never surpassed in the history of the 
Church, because." God hath chosen the weak things of 
the world to confound the things that are mighty." He 
himself will not object to this allusion, for this declara- 
tion of St. Paul is one of the prominent articles in his 
creed, and must be in the creed of every minister who 
would become a power in the Church for God. 

According to the published arrangements, Messrs. 
Moody and Snnkey purpose remaining in London four 
months from the 1st of March. We may imagine Jesus 
saying to them, "Say not ye, There are yet four months, 
and then cometh harvest? behold I say unto you, Lift 



COXCLUSION. 871 

up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white 
already to harvest." In the natural world there are four 
months between the seeding and the harvest; and often 
in the spiritual world much time elapses between the 
planting of the seed and its fruits. But at the com- 
mencement of the work the Saviour pointed our dear 
brethren to the harvest v/aving all around them ; and 
they began at once to "gather fruit unto life eternal." 

On their return to this country in July, or at such time 
as their Divine Master ma}^ indicate, if the fields are pre- 
pared by the faithful labors and earnest prayers of Chris- 
tians, they may find here wide and glorious harvests to 
reap. In New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, 
Chicago, and other cities, multitudes may flock to listen 
to Gospel truth, and the blessed scenes witnessed in 
Great Britain may be repeated in our own beloved land. 
The two great Protestant nations of the earth may thus 
be led to join hands, more cordially than ever before, 
in hastening the day when there shall be heard "great 
voices in heaven, saying. The kingdoms of this world 
are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; 
and He shall reign for ever and ever" (Kev. xi., 
15). . 



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